$${\mathcal{C}}_{0}$$ ( X)-algebras,stability and strongly self-absorbing $${\mathcal{C}}^{*}$$ -algebras

We study permanence properties of the classes of stable and so-called -stable -algebras, respectively. More precisely, we show that a (X)-algebra A is stable if all its fibres are, provided that the underlying compact metrizable space X has finite covering dimension or that the Cuntz semigroup of A is almost unperforated (a condition which is automatically satisfied for -algebras absorbing the Jiang–Su algebra tensorially). Furthermore, we prove that if is a K ₁-injective strongly self-absorbing -algebra, then A absorbs tensorially if and only if all its fibres do, again provided that X is finite-dimensional. This latter statement generalizes results of Blanchard and Kirchberg. We also show that the condition on the dimension of X cannot be dropped. Along the way, we obtain a useful characterization of when a -algebra with weakly unperforated Cuntz semigroup is stable, which allows us to show that stability passes to extensions of -absorbing -algebras. Research supported by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (through the SFB 478), by the EU-Network Quantum Spaces - Noncommutative Geometry (Contract No. HPRN-CT-2002-00280), and by the Center for Advanced Studies in Mathematics at Ben-Gurion University     

Laguerre geometry of hypersurfaces in $$\mathbb{R}^{n}$$

Laguerre geometry of surfaces in is given in the book of Blaschke [Vorlesungen über Differentialgeometrie, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York (1929)], and has been studied by Musso and Nicolodi [Trans. Am. Math. soc. 348, 4321–4337 (1996); Abh. Math. Sem. Univ. Hamburg 69, 123–138 (1999); Int. J. Math. 11(7), 911–924 (2000)], Palmer [Remarks on a variation problem in Laguerre geometry. Rendiconti di Mathematica, Serie VII, Roma, vol. 19, pp. 281–293 (1999)] and other authors. In this paper we study Laguerre differential geometry of hypersurfaces in . For any umbilical free hypersurface with non-zero principal curvatures we define a Laguerre invariant metric g on M and a Laguerre invariant self-adjoint operator : TM → TM, and show that is a complete Laguerre invariant system for hypersurfaces in with n≥ 4. We calculate the Euler–Lagrange equation for the Laguerre volume functional of Laguerre metric by using Laguerre invariants. Using the Euclidean space , the semi-Euclidean space and the degenerate space we define three Laguerre space forms , and and define the Laguerre embeddings and , analogously to what happens in the Moebius geometry where we have Moebius space forms S ⁿ , and (spaces of constant curvature) and conformal embeddings and [cf. Liu et al. in Tohoku Math. J. 53, 553–569 (2001) and Wang in Manuscr. Math. 96, 517–534 (1998)]. Using these Laguerre embeddings we can unify the Laguerre geometry of hypersurfaces in , and . As an example we show that minimal surfaces in or are Laguerre minimal in .C. Wang Partially supported by RFDP and Chuang-Xin-Qun-Ti of NSFC.     

Syzygies of Multi-Variable Higher Spin Dirac Operators on $$\mathbb{R}^{3}$$

This paper is a short report on the generalization of some results of our previous paper [12] to the case of spin j/2 Dirac operators in real dimension three for arbitrary odd integer j. We use an explicit formula for the local expression of such operators to study their algebraic properties, construct the compatibility conditions of the overdetermined system associated to the operator in several spatial variables, and we prove that its associated algebraic complex, dual do the BGG sequence coming from representation theory, has substantially the same pattern as the Cauchy-Fueter complex. The author is a member of the Eduard Čech Center and his research is supported by the relative grants.     

Wiener-Hopf operators on L_{\omega}^{2}(\mathbb{R}^{+})

Let be a weighted space with weight . In this paper we show that for every Wiener-Hopf operator T on and for every a I, there exists a function such that

Examples of scalar-flat hypersurfaces in $${\mathbb{R}^{n+1}}$$

Given a hypersurface M of null scalar curvature in the unit sphere , n ≥ 4, such that its second fundamental form has rank greater than 2, we construct a singular scalar-flat hypersurface in as a normal graph over a truncated cone generated by M. Furthermore, this graph is 1-stable if the cone is strictly 1-stable.     

The rational cohomology of $${\overline{\mathcal{M}_4}}$$

We present two approaches to the study of the cohomology of moduli spaces of curves. Together, they allow us to compute the rational cohomology of the moduli space of stable complex curves of genus 4, with its Hodge structure.     

On $${\mathcal{F}}$$ -supplemented subgroups of finite groups

Let G be a finite group and a formation of finite groups. We say that a subgroup H of G is -supplemented in G if there exists a subgroup T of G such that G = TH and is contained in the -hypercenter of G/H _G . In this paper, we use -supplemented subgroups to study the structure of finite groups. A series of previously known results are unified and generalized. Research of the author is supported by a NNSF grant of China (Grant #10771180).     

Embedding some Riemann surfaces into $${\mathbb {C}^2}$$ with interpolation

We prove that several types of open Riemann surfaces, including the finitely connected planar domains, embed properly into such that the values on any given discrete sequence can be arbitrarily prescribed. Kutzschebauch supported by Schweizerische Nationalfonds grant 200021-107477/1.     

An asymptotic theorem for minimal surfaces and existence results for minimal graphs in $${\mathbb H^2 \times \mathbb R}$$

In this paper we prove a general and sharp Asymptotic Theorem for minimal surfaces in . As a consequence, we prove that there is no properly immersed minimal surface whose asymptotic boundary Γ_∞ is a Jordan curve homologous to zero in such that Γ_∞ is contained in a slab between two horizontal circles of with width equal to π. We construct vertical minimal graphs in over certain unbounded admissible domains taking certain prescribed finite boundary data and certain prescribed asymptotic boundary data. Our admissible unbounded domains Ω in are non necessarily convex and non necessarily bounded by convex arcs; each component of its boundary is properly embedded with zero, one or two points on its asymptotic boundary, satisfying a further geometric condition. The first author wish to thank Laboratoire Géométrie et Dynamique de l’Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu for the kind hospitality and support. The authors would like to thank CNPq, PRONEX of Brazil and Accord Brasil-France, for partial financial support.     

Nondicritical $${\mathbb {C}^*}$$-actions on two-dimensional Stein manifolds

We study and classify actions of the complex multiplicative group on a nonsingular Stein surface with an isolated nondicritical singularity. We prove that the corresponding foliation exhibits a holomorphic first integral of a type F = f ⁿ g ^m where f and g are global holomorphic functions and . Under some additional conditions on the functions f and g we prove analytic linearization for the action. Our results can be viewed as extension of the original work of Masakazu Suzuki.     

Equivariant gluing constructions of contact stationary Legendrian submanifolds in $${\mathbb {S}^{2n+1}}$$

A contact-stationary Legendrian submanifold of is a Legendrian submanifold whose volume is stationary under contact deformations. The simplest contact-stationary Legendrian submanifold (actually minimal Legendrian) is the real, equatorial n-sphere S ₀. This paper develops a method for constructing contact-stationary (but not minimal) Legendrian submanifolds of by gluing together configurations of sufficiently many many U(n + 1)-rotated copies of S ₀. Two examples of the construction, corresponding to finite cyclic subgroups of U(n + 1) are given. The resulting submanifolds are very symmetric; are geometrically akin to a ‘necklace’ of copies of S ₀ attached to each other by narrow necks and winding a large number of times around before closing up on themselves; and are topologically equivalent to .     

A Class of Integral Operators on the Unit Ball of \mathbb{C}^{n}

For real parameters a, b, c, and t, where c is not a nonpositive integer, we determine exactly when the integral operator

Examples of area-minimizing surfaces in the sub-Riemannian Heisenberg group $${\mathbb{H}^1}$$ with low regularity

We give new examples of entire area-minimizing t-graphs in the sub-Riemannian Heisenberg group . They are locally Lipschitz in Euclidean sense. Some regular examples have prescribed singular set consisting of either a horizontal line or a finite number of horizontal halflines extending from a given point. Amongst them, a large family of area-minimizing cones is obtained. Research supported by MEC-Feder grant MTM2007-61919.     

Hyperbolic Function Theory in the Clifford Algebra {\mathcal {C}}\ell_{n+1, 0}

The aim of this paper is to give the basic principles of hyperbolic function theory on the Clifford algebra . The structure of the theory is quite similar to the case of Clifford algebras with negative generators, but the proofs are not obvious. The (real) Clifford algebra is generated by unit vectors with positive squares e²_i = + 1. The hyperbolic Dirac operator is of the form where Q₀f is represented by the composition . If is a solution of H_kf = 0, then f is called k-hypergenic in Ω, where is an open set. We introduce some basic results of hyperbolic function theory and give some representation theorems on . Received: October, 2007. Accepted: February, 2008.     

Eigenvalues of $$(-\triangle + \frac{R}{2})$$ on manifolds with nonnegative curvature operator

In this paper, we show that the eigenvalues of are nondecreasing under the Ricci flow for manifolds with nonnegative curvature operator. Then we show that the only steady Ricci breather with nonnegative curvature operator is the trivial one which is Ricci-flat.     

On the long time behaviour of solutions to dissipative wave equations in \mathbb{R}^{2}

In this paper we present a parabolic approach to studying the diffusive long time behaviour of solutions to the Cauchy problem:

$${\mathcal{R}}$$ -boundedness,pseudodifferential operators,and maximal regularity for some classes of partial differential operators

It is shown that an elliptic scattering operator A on a compact manifold with boundary with operator valued coefficients in the morphisms of a bundle of Banach spaces of class () and Pisier’s property (α) has maximal regularity (up to a spectral shift), provided that the spectrum of the principal symbol of A on the scattering cotangent bundle avoids the right half-plane. This is accomplished by representing the resolvent in terms of pseudodifferential operators with -bounded symbols, yielding by an iteration argument the -boundedness of λ(A−λ)⁻¹ in for some . To this end, elements of a symbolic and operator calculus of pseudodifferential operators with -bounded symbols are introduced. The significance of this method for proving maximal regularity results for partial differential operators is underscored by considering also a more elementary situation of anisotropic elliptic operators on with operator valued coefficients.     

The absolute Galois groups of finite extensions of $${\mathbb{R}}(t)$$

Let R be a real closed field and L be a finite extension of R(t). We prove that Gal(L) ≅ Gal(R(t)) if L is formally real and Gal(L) is the free profinite group of rank card (R) if L is not formally real. Received: 3 April 2007     

All extensions of $${C^*_r\left(\mathbb F_n\right)}$$ are semi-invertible

It is shown that an extension of the reduced group C ^*-algebra of a free group by the compact operators can be made asymptotically split by addition of another extension which admits a completely positive lifting.     

Fibred multilinks and singularities $${f \overline g}$$

In this article we extend Milnor’s fibration theorem to the case of functions of the form with f, g holomorphic, defined on a complex analytic (possibly singular) germ (X, 0). We further refine this fibration theorem by looking not only at the link of , but also at its multi-link structure, which is more subtle. We mostly focus on the case when X has complex dimension two. Our main result (Theorem 4.4) gives in this case the equivalence of the following three statements: