Linear structures on the collections of minimal surfaces inℝ 3 andℝ 4

The collection of minimal herissons in ³ is endowed with a vector space structure. The existence of this structure is related to the fact that null curves inC ³ are described by a single map from the étalé space of the sheaf of germs of holomorphic sections of the line bundle of degree 2 over ₁ to C³, which islinear on stalks. There is an analogous construction for null curves inC ⁴. This gives a similar class of minimal surfaces in ⁴.     

On the Morse index of minimal surfaces in ℝp with polygonal boundaries

The minimal surfaces spanning a polygon in ^p (p2) correspond to the critical points of an analytic function in finitely many variables, namely Shiffman's function. We shall prove that the Morse index of the minimal surface coincides with the Morse index of at the corresponding critical point. Alternatively expressed, the Schwarz operator of the minimal surface and the Hessian of have the same number of negative eigenvalues. Finally we control the degeneration of the critical points.     

Degree theory on oriented infinite dimensional varieties and the Morse number of minimal surfaces spanning a curve in ℝn

The algebraic number of disc minimal surfaces spanning a wire in ₃ is defined and shown to be equal to one.The author wishes to acknowledge the support of the NSF.     

Invariants and Bonnet-type theorem for surfaces in ℝ4

In the tangent plane at any point of a surface in the four-dimensional Euclidean space we consider an invariant linear map ofWeingarten-type and find a geometrically determined moving frame field. Writing derivative formulas of Frenet-type for this frame field, we obtain eight invariant functions. We prove a fundamental theorem of Bonnet-type, stating that these eight invariants under some natural conditions determine the surface up to a motion. We show that the basic geometric classes of surfaces in the four-dimensional Euclidean space, determined by conditions on their invariants, can be interpreted in terms of the properties of two geometric figures: the tangent indicatrix, which is a conic in the tangent plane, and the normal curvature ellipse. We construct a family of surfaces with flat normal connection.     

Modified Mini finite element for the Stokes problem in ℝ2 or ℝ3

We analyze a modified version of the Mini finite element (or the Mini* finite element) for the Stokes problem in ℝ² or ℝ³. The cross‐grid element of order one in ℝ³ is also analyzed. The stability is verified with the aid of the macroelement technique introduced by Stenberg. Each of these methods converges with first order in h as the Mini element does. Numerical tests are given for the Mini* element in comparison with the Mini element when Ω is a unit square on ℝ². This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Stable and unstable minimal surfaces and Hopf’s problem

Hopf’s well-known conjecture is considered, which states that there exists no metric of strictly positive curvature on the topological product S² × S² of two 2-spheres. Three theorems are proved.     

Laguerre isothermic surfaces in ℝ3 and their Darboux transformation

In this paper,we study Laguerre isothermic surfaces in R3.We show that the Darboux transformation of a Laguerre isothermic surface x produces a new Laguerre isothermic surface x and their respective Laguerre Gauss maps form a Darboux pair of each other at the corresponding point.We also classify the surfaces which are both Laguerre isothermic and Laguerre minimal and show that they must be Laguerre equivalent to surfaces with vanishing mean curvature in R3,R13 or R03.     

Degenerate homogeneous affine surfaces in ℝ3

We study degenerate homogeneous affine surfaces in ³. It is proved that such a surface is either an open part of a plane, a cylinder on an ellipse, parabola or hyperbola or of the surface given byxz – 1/2y ²=0.     

Simons-type inequalities for minimal surfaces with constant Kähler angle in a complex hyperquadric

In this paper, we establish Simons-type inequalities and obtain some pinching theorems for compact minimal surfaces with constant Kähler angle immersed into a complex hyperquadric, and we characterize all these minimal surfaces when equality holds in the pinching theorems.     

A Markoff-type chain for the view-obstruction problem for spheres in ℝ4

In the view-obstruction problem, congruent, closed, convex bodies centred at the points in ⁿ are expanded uniformly until they block all rays from the origin into the open positive cone. The central problem is to determine the minimal blocking size. In the case of spheres of diameter 1, this value is denoted byv(n) and is known for dimensionsn=2,3. Here we show that and obtain a Markoff type chain of isolated extreme values.     

The minimal genus problem in rational surfaces CP~2#nCP~2

There are three key ingredients in the study of the minimal genus problem for rational surfaces CP2#nCP2: the generalized adjunction formula, the action of the orthogonal group of the Lorentz space and the geometric construction. In this paper, we prove the uniqueness of the standard form (see Definition 1.1 and Theorem 1.1) of a 2-dimensional homology class under the action of the subgroup of the Lorentz orthogonal group that is realized by the diffeomorphisms of CP2#nCP2.Using the geometric construction, we determine the minimal genera of some classes (see Theorem 1.2).     

The view-obstruction problem for spheres in ℝ5

In the view-obstruction problem, congruent, closed convex bodies centred at the points in ⁿ are expanded uniformly until they block all rays from the origin into the open positive cone. The central problem is to determine the minimal blocking size. In the case of spheres of diameter 1 and cubes of side 1 these values are known forn=2, 3 and 4. Here we show that in ⁵, this value for the sphere of diameter 1 is .     

An analog of bianchi transformations for two-dimensional surfaces in the space S 3 × ℝ1

Bianchi-type transformations are constructed for two-dimensional surfaces with constant negative intrinsic curvature in the space S ³ × ?¹.     

Sym–Bobenko formula for minimal surfaces in Heisenberg space

We give an immersion formula, the Sym–Bobenko formula, for minimal surfaces in the 3-dimensional Heisenberg space. Such a formula can be used to give a generalized Weierstrass type representation and construct explicit examples of minimal surfaces.     

An explicit counter-example for the shephard problem of convex bodies in ℝ n

Comparing the volume of the projection body of a double cone and that of the projection body of a ball, we give an explicit counter-example for the Shephard problem of convex bodies in Rⁿ (n ≥ 3) and an affirmative answer to the question of Zhang.     

On Chern?s problem for rigidity of minimal hypersurfaces in the spheres

For a compact minimal hypersurface M in Sn+1 with the squared length of the second fundamental form S we confirm that there exists a positive constant δ(n) depending only on n, such that if n?S?n+δ(n), then S≡n, i.e., M is a Clifford minimal hypersurface, in particular, when n?6, the pinching constant .     

The minimal displacement problem in the space l ∞

We give a lower bound for the minimal displacement characteristic in the space l ^∞.     

Eigenvalue inequalities for the clamped plate problem of the ■ operator

The ■ operator is introduced by Xin(2015), which is an important extrinsic elliptic differential operator of divergence type and has profound geometric meaning. In this paper, we extend the ■ operator to a more general elliptic differential operator ■, and investigate the clamped plate problem of the bi-■ operator,which is denoted by ■ on the complete Riemannian manifolds. A general formula of eigenvalues for the ■ operator is established. Applying this formula, we estimate the eigenvalues on th...     

Arak’s inequalities for concentration functions and the Littlewood–Offord problem

In this paper we study the behavior of concentration functions of weighted sums of independent random variables with respect to the arithmetic structure of coefficients. Recently, Tao and Vu formulated a so-called Inverse Principle in the Littlewood–Offord problem. We discuss the relations between this Inverse Principle and a similar principle formulated for sums of arbitrarily distributed independent random variables formulated by T. Arak in the 1980’s.