Weakly stable constant mean curvature hypersurfaces

Let M^n be an n-dimensional complete noncompact oriented weakly stable constant mean curvature hypersurface in an （n ＋ 1）-dimensional Riemannian manifold N^n＋1 whose （n - 1）th Ricci curvature satisfying Ric^N（n-1） （n - 1）c. Denote by H and φ the mean curvature and the trace-free second fundamental form of M respectively. If ｜φ｜^2 - （n- 2）√n（n- 1）｜H｜｜φ｜＋ n（2n - 1）（H^2＋ c） 〉 0, then M does not admit nonconstant bounded harmonic functions with finite Dirichlet integral. In particular, if N has bounded geometry and c ＋ H^2 〉 0, then M must have only one end.     

Harmonic maps from a Riemannian manifold with a pole into an Hadamard manifold with negative sectional curvatures

In this paper we show a nonexistence result for harmonic maps with a rotational nondegeneracy condition from a Riemannian manifoldM with polep ₀ to a negatively curved Hadamard manifold under the condition that the metric tensor ofM is bounded and that the sectional curvature ofM at a pointp is bounded from below by −c dist(p ₀,p)⁻² (c: a positive constant) as dist(p ₀,p)→∞. Partly supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan     

Complete harmonic stable minimal hypersurfaces in a Riemannian manifold

In this paper, we will introduce the notion of harmonic stability for complete minimal hypersurfaces in a complete Riemannian manifold. The first result we prove, is that a complete harmonic stable minimal surface in a Riemannian manifold with non-negative Ricci curvature is conformally equivalent to either a plane R ² or a cylinder R × S ¹, which generalizes a theorem due to Fischer-Colbrie and Schoen [12]. The second one is that an n ≥ 2-dimensional, complete harmonic stable minimal, hypersurface M in a complete Riemannian manifold with non-negative sectional curvature has only one end if M is non-parabolic. The third one, which we prove, is that there exist no non-trivial L ²-harmonic one forms on a complete harmonic stable minimal hypersurface in a complete Riemannian manifold with non-negative sectional curvature. Since the harmonic stability is weaker than stability, we obtain a generalization of a theorem due to Miyaoka [20] and Palmer [21]. Research partially Supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. The author’s research was supported by grant Proj. No. KRF-2007-313-C00058 from Korea Research Foundation, Korea. Authors’ addresses: Qing-Ming Cheng, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan; Young Jin Suh, Department of Mathematics, Kyungpook National University, Taegu 702-701, South Korea     

The affine complete hypersurfaces of constant Gauss-Kronecker curvature

Given a bounded convex domain Ω with C∞ boundary and a function ψ∈C∞（δΩ）, Li-Simon-Chen can construct an Euclidean complete and W-complete convex hypersurface M with constant affine Gauss-Kronecker curvature, and they guess the M is also affine complete. In this paper, we give a confirmation answer.     

Limiting angle of Brownian motion on certain manifolds

Summary. Suppose that M is a complete, simply connected Riemannian manifold of non-positive sectional curvature with dimension m ≧ 3. If, outside a fixed compact set, the sectional curvatures are bounded above by a negative constant multiple of the inverse of the square of the geodesic distance from a fixed point and below by another negative constant multiple of the square of the geodesic distance, then the angular part of Brownian motion on M tends to a limit as time tends to infinity, and the closure of the support of the distribution of this limit is the entire S ^m−1 . This improves a result of Hsu and March. Received: 7 December 1994/In revised form: 2 September 1995     

Eigenvalues Estimate for the Neumann Problem of a Bounded Domain

In this note, we investigate upper bounds of the Neumann eigenvalue problem for the Laplacian of a domain Ω in a given complete (not compact a priori) Riemannian manifold (M,g). For this, we use test functions for the Rayleigh quotient subordinated to a family of open sets constructed in a general metric way, interesting for itself. As applications, we prove that if the Ricci curvature of (M,g) is bounded below Ric  ^g ≥−(n−1)a ², a≥0, then there exist constants A _n >0,B _n >0 only depending on the dimension, such that

The upper bound of the $${{\rm L}_{\mu}^2}$$ spectrum

Let M be an n-dimensional complete non-compact Riemannian manifold, dμ = e ^h (x)dV(x) be the weighted measure and \triangle_m{\triangle_{\mu}} be the weighted Laplacian. In this article, we prove that when the m-dimensional Bakry–émery curvature is bounded from below by Ric _m ≥ −(m − 1)K, K ≥ 0, then the bottom of the L_m²{{\rm L}_{\mu}^2} spectrum λ₁(M) is bounded by

Pinching estimates for negatively curved manifolds with nilpotent fundamental groups

Let M be a complete Riemannian metric of sectional curvature within [−a²,−1] whose fundamental group contains a k-step nilpotent subgroup of finite index. We prove that a ≥ k answering a question of M. Gromov. Furthermore, we show that for any the manifold M admits a complete Riemannian metric of sectional curvature within Received: May 2004 Revision: July 2004 Accepted: July 2004     

Remarks on the Cwikel–Lieb–Rozenblum and?Lieb–Thirring Estimates for Schr?dinger Operators on?Riemannian Manifolds

Let M be a general complete Riemannian manifold and consider a Schr?dinger operator −Δ+V on L ²(M). We prove Cwikel–Lieb–Rozenblum as well as Lieb–Thirring type estimates for −Δ+V. These estimates are given in terms of the potential and the heat kernel of the Laplacian on the manifold. Some of our results hold also for Schr?dinger operators with complex-valued potentials.     

A LOWER BOUND FOR FIRST EIGENVALUE WITH MIXED BOUNDARY CONDITIOIN

Let M be an n-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold with or without boundary,and its Ricci curvature RicM≥n- 1. The paper obtains an inequality for the first eigenvalue η1 of M with mixed boundary condition, which is a generalization of the results of Lichnerowicz,Reilly, Escobar and Xia. It is also proved that η1≥ n for certain n-dimensional compact Riemannian manifolds with boundary,which is an extension of the work of Cheng,Li and Yau.     

On complete submanifolds with parallel mean curvature in negative pinched manifolds

A rigidity theorem for oriented complete submanifolds with parallel mean curvature in a complete and simply connected Riemannian (n p)-dimensional manifold Nn p with negative sectional curvature is proved. For given positive integers n(≥ 2), p and for a constant H satisfying H ＞ 1 there exists a negative number τ(n,p, H) ∈ (-1, 0) with the property that if the sectional curvature of N is pinched in [-1, τ(n,p, H)], and if the squared length of the second fundamental form is in a certain interval, then Nn p is isometric to the hyperbolic space Hn p(-1). As a consequence, this submanifold M is congruent to Sn(1/ H2-1) or theVeronese surface in S4(1/√H2-1).     

An elementary approach to gap theorems

Using elementary comparison geometry, we prove: Let (M, g) be a simply-connected complete Riemannian manifold of dimension ≥ 3. Suppose that the sectional curvature K satisfies −1 − s(r) ≤ K ≤ −1, where r denotes distance to a fixed point in M. If lim _{r → ∞} e^2r s(r) = 0, then (M, g) has to be isometric to ℍ ⁿ . The same proof also yields that if K satisfies −s(r) ≤ K ≤ 0 where lim _{r → ∞} r ² s(r) = 0, then (M, g) is isometric to ℝ ⁿ , a result due to Greene and Wu. Our second result is a local one: Let (M, g) be any Riemannian manifold. For a ∈ ℝ, if K ≤ a on a geodesic ball B _p (R) in M and K = a on ∂B _p (R), then K = a on B _p (R).     

A Universal Bound for the Low Eigenvalues of Neumann Laplacians on Compact Domains in a Hadamard Manifold

 Let M be an n-dimensional simply connected Hadamard manifold with Ricci curvature satisfying and be a bounded domain having smooth boundary. In this paper, we prove that the first n nonzero Neumann eigenvalues of the Laplacian on Ω satisfy , where is a computable constant depending only on and , Ω being the volume of Ω. This result generalizes the corresponding estimate for bounded domains in a Euclidean space obtained recently by M. S. Ashbaugh and R. D. Benguria. (Received 19 May 1998; in revised form 21 September 1998)     

Trapping quasiminimizing submanifolds in spaces of negative curvature

LetM be a Hadamard manifold with all sectional curvatures bounded above by some negative constant. A well-known lemma essentially due to M. Morse states that every quasigeodesic segment inM lies within an a priori bounded distance from the geodesic arc connecting its endpoints. In this paper we establish an analogue of this fact for quasiminimizing surfaces in all dimensions and codimensions; the only additional requirement is that the sectional curvatures ofM be bounded from below as well. We apply this estimate to obtain new solutions to the asymptotic Plateau problem in various settings. The second author was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and enjoyed the hospitality of the University of Bonn. The collaboration between the authors was facilitated by the program GADGET II.     

Rough Isometry and <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Harmonic Boundaries of Complete Riemannian Manifolds

In this paper, we describe the behavior of bounded energy finite solutions for certain nonlinear elliptic operators on a complete Riemannian manifold in terms of its p-harmonic boundary. We also prove that if two complete Riemannian manifolds are roughly isometric to each other, then their p-harmonic boundaries are homeomorphic to each other. In the case, there is a one to one correspondence between the sets of bounded energy finite solutions on such manifolds. In particular, in the case of the Laplacian, it becomes a linear isomorphism between the spaces of bounded harmonic functions with finite Dirichlet integral on the manifolds. This work was supported by grant No. R06-2002-012-01001-0(2002) from the Basic Research Program of the Korea Science & Engineering Foundation.     

On the fundamental group of Riemannian manifolds with omitted fractal subsets

We show that if K is a closed bounded subset of a Riemannian manifold M of dimension m > 3 and the fractal dimension of K is less than m − 3, then the fundamental groups of M and M − K are isomorphic.     

Comparison theorems for the volume of a complex submanifold of a Kaehler manifold

LetM be a Kaehler manifold of real dimension 2n with holomorphic sectional curvatureK _H≥4λ and antiholomorphic Ricci curvatureρ _A≥(2n−2)λ, andP is a complex hypersurface. We give a bound for the quotient (volume ofP)/(volume ofM) and prove that this bound is attained if and only ifP=C P ⁿ⁻¹(λ) andM=C P ⁿ(λ). Moreover, we give some results on the volume of of tubes aboutP inM. Work partially supported by a DGICYT Grant No. PS87-0115-CO3-01.     

Stable minimal hypersurfaces in a Riemannian manifold with pinched negative sectional curvature

We give an estimate of the smallest spectral value of the Laplace operator on a complete noncompact stable minimal hypersurface M in a complete simply connected Riemannian manifold with pinched negative sectional curvature. In the same ambient space, we prove that if a complete minimal hypersurface M has sufficiently small total scalar curvature then M has only one end. We also obtain a vanishing theorem for L ² harmonic 1-forms on minimal hypersurfaces in a Riemannian manifold with sectional curvature bounded below by a negative constant. Moreover, we provide sufficient conditions for a minimal hypersurface in a Riemannian manifold with nonpositive sectional curvature to be stable.     

Phase space,wavelet transform and Toeplitz-Hankel type operators

Domain constants are numbers attached to regions in the complex plane ℂ. For a region Ω in ℂ, letd(Ω) denote a generic domain constant. If there is an absolute constantM such thatM ⁻¹≤d(Ω)/d(Δ)≤M whenever Ω and Δ are conformally equivalent, then the domain constant is called quasiinvariant under conformal mappings. IfM=1, the domain constant is conformally invariant. There are several standard problems to consider for domain constants. One is to obtain relationships among different domain constants. Another is to determine whether a given domain constant is conformally invariant or quasi-invariant. In the latter case one would like to determine the best bound for quasi-invariance. We also consider a third type of result. For certain domain constants we show there is an absolute constantN such that |d(Ω)−d(Δ)|≤N whenever Ω and Δ and conformally equivalent, sometimes determing the best possible constantN. This distortion inequality is often stronger than quasi-invariance. We establish results of this type for six domain constants. Research partially supported by a National Science Foundation Grant.     

Limiting angles of Γ-martingales

Suppose that M is a complete, simply connected Riemannian manifold of non-positive sectional curvature with dimension m≥ 3 and that, outside a fixed compact set, the sectional curvatures are bounded above by −c ₁/{r ² ln r} and below by −c ₂ r ², where c ₁ and c ₂ are two positive constants and r is the geodesic distance from a fixed point. We show that, when κ≥ 1 satisfies certain conditions, the angular part of a κ-quasi-conformal Γ-martingale on M tends to a limit as time tends to infinity and the closure of the support of the distribution of this limit is the entire sphere at infinity. This improves both a result of Le for Brownian motion and also results concerning the non-existence of κ-quasi-conformal harmonic maps from certain types of Riemannian manifolds into M. Received: 19 September 1997