On a Class of Contact Riemannian 3-Manifolds

In this paper we classify 3-dimensional complete contact Riemannian manifolds satisfying the following condition “the characteristic vector field is an eigenvector of the Ricci operator with constant eigenvalue”. Moreover we prove that this condition is equivalent with some other characteristic ones.     

Minimal Surfaces in Riemannian 4-Manifolds

((Without abstract)) Submitted: December 1996, final version: June 1997     

Compactness Theorems for Critical Riemannian 4-Manifolds with Integral Bounds on Curvature

In this article, we prove the compactness of the set of critical 4-manifolds with L ^p-bound on the negative part of the Ricci curvature tensor, p > 2. In earlier work we proved this under the assumption that the Ricci curvature is pointwise bounded from below.     

Isospectral Flat 3-Manifolds

A well-known problem about Riemannian manifolds asks whether the isospectral manifolds are isometric. We settle this problem for compact flat 3-manifolds.     

A Note on Surfaces Bounding Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds

We consider the problem of whether a given hyperbolic surface occurs as the totally geodesic boundary of a compact hyperbolic 3-manifold (as some or as the only boundary component). We discuss some explicit examples of hyperbolic surfaces, in particular the surface associated to the small stellated dodecahedron (one of the four Kepler-Poinsot polyhedra) which is the boundary of a hyperbolic icosahedral 3-manifold.     

Coeffective Numbers of Riemannian 8-Manifolds with Holonomy in Spin(7)

We introduce a differential complex of coeffective type for anySpin(7)-manifold M locally conformal to aRiemannian 8-manifold with holonomy contained in Spin(7).Local properties of this complex, such as ellipticity and acyclicity,are studied. The relationship between the coeffective cohomology ofM and the topology of the manifold is discussed in the caseof M having a subgroup of Spin(7) as aholonomy group.     

A Note on Surfaces Bounding Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds

We consider the problem of whether a given hyperbolic surface occurs as the totally geodesic boundary of a compact hyperbolic 3-manifold (as some or as the only boundary component). We discuss some explicit examples of hyperbolic surfaces, in particular the surface associated to the small stellated dodecahedron (one of the four Kepler-Poinsot polyhedra) which is the boundary of a hyperbolic icosahedral 3-manifold.     

A Class of Conformally flat Contact Metric 3-Manifolds

It is shown that a conformally flat contact metric 3-manifold with Ricci curvature vanishing along the characteristic vector field, has non-positive scalar curvature. Such a manifold is flat if (i) it is compact, or (ii) the scalar curvature is constant, or (iii) the norm of the Ricci tensor is constant.     

A Note on Heegaard Splittings of Amalgamated 3-Manifolds

Let M be a compact orientable irreducible 3-manifold, and F be an essential connected closed surface in M which cuts M into two manifolds M1 and M2. If Mi has a minimal Heegaard splitting Mi = Vi ∪Hi Wi with d(H1) + d(H2) ≥ 2(g(M1) + g(M2) -g(F)) + 1, then g(M) = g(M1) + g(M2) - g(F).     

Small 3-Manifolds of Large Genus

In this paper we prove the Cheeger inequality for infinite weighted graphs endowed with 'corresponding' measure. This measure has already been developed in the study of tree lattices. Our graphs have finite volumes. A similar theory has already been developed for manifolds of finite volumes.     

On v-Distal Flows on 3-Manifolds

In [2], H. Furstenberg studied a distal action of a locallycompact group G on a compact metric space X, and establisheda structure theorem. As a consequence, he showed that if G isabelian, then a simply connected space X does not admit a minimaldistal G-action. In this paper we concern ourselves with a nonsingular flow = {^t} on a closed 3-manifold M. Recall that is called distalif for any distinct two points x, y M, the distance d(^tx, ^ty)is bounded away from 0. The distality depends strongly uponthe time parametrization. For example, there exists a time parametrizationof a linear irrational flow on T² which yields a nondistal flow[4, 6]. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification 58F25, 57R30.     

Conformal Riemannian Maps between Riemannian Manifolds,Their Harmonicity and Decomposition Theorems

Riemannian maps were introduced by Fischer (Contemp. Math. 132:331–366, 1992) as a generalization isometric immersions and Riemannian submersions. He showed that such maps could be used to solve the generalized eikonal equation and to build a quantum model. On the other hand, horizontally conformal maps were defined by Fuglede (Ann. Inst. Fourier (Grenoble) 28:107–144, 1978) and Ishihara (J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 19:215–229, 1979) and these maps are useful for characterization of harmonic morphisms. Horizontally conformal maps (conformal maps) have their applications in medical imaging (brain imaging)and computer graphics. In this paper, as a generalization of Riemannian maps and horizontally conformal submersions, we introduce conformal Riemannian maps, present examples and characterizations. We show that an application of conformal Riemannian maps can be made in weakening the horizontal conformal version of Hermann’s theorem obtained by Okrut (Math. Notes 66(1):94–104, 1999). We also give a geometric characterization of harmonic conformal Riemannian maps and obtain decomposition theorems by using the existence of conformal Riemannian maps.     

Ricci Flow on Open 4-Manifolds with Positive Isotropic Curvature

In this note we prove the following result: Let X be a complete, connected 4-manifold with uniformly positive isotropic curvature, with bounded geometry, and with no essential incompressible space form. Then X is diffeomorphic to $\mathbb{S}^{4}$ , or $\mathbb{RP}^{4}$ , or $\mathbb{S}^{3}\times\mathbb {S}^{1}$ , or $\mathbb{S}^{3}\widetilde{\times} \mathbb{S}^{1}$ , or a possibly infinite connected sum of them. This extends work of Hamilton and Chen–Zhu to the noncompact case. The proof uses Ricci flow with surgery on complete 4-manifolds, and is inspired by recent work of Bessières, Besson, and Maillot.     

A Struwe Type Decomposition Result for a Singular Elliptic Equation on Compact Riemannian Manifolds

On a compact Riemannian manifold,we prove a decomposition theorem for arbitrarily bounded energy sequence of solutions of a singular elliptic equation.     

Thick Surfaces in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds

We show that every closed, virtually fibered hyperbolic 3-manifold contains immersed, quasi-Fuchsian.     

3-Manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature

For a complete noncompact 3-manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature, we prove that either it is diffeomorphic to ?³ or the universal cover splits. This confirms Milnor’s conjecture in dimension 3.     

The Heegaard Genus of Amalgamated 3-Manifolds

Let M and M′ be simple 3-manifolds, each with connected boundary of genus at least two. Suppose that Mand M′ are glued via a homeomorphism between their boundaries. Then we show that, provided the gluing homeomorphism is ‘sufficiently complicated’, the Heegaard genus of the amalgamated manifold is completely determined by the Heegaard genus of Mand M′ and the genus of their common boundary. Here, a homeomorphism is ‘sufficiently complicated’ if it is the composition of a homeomorphism from the boundary ofM to some surface S, followed by a sufficiently high power of a pseudo-Anosov onS, followed by a homeomorphism to the boundary of M′. The proof uses the hyperbolic geometry of the amalgamated manifold, generalised Heegaard splittings and minimal surfaces.