Scalar curvature of <Emphasis Type="Italic">QR</Emphasis>-submanifolds with maximal <Emphasis Type="Italic">QR</Emphasis>-dimension in a quaternionic projective space

In this paper we derive an integral formula on an n-dimensional, compact, minimal QR-submanifoldM of (p−1) QR-dimension immersed in a quaternionic projective space QP ^(n+p)/4. Using this integral formula, we give a sufficient condition concerning with the scalar curvature of M in order that such a submanifold M is to be a tube over a quaternionic projective space.     

On the Normality of an Almost Contact 3-Structure on QR-Submanifolds

We study n-dimensional QR-submanifolds of QR-dimension (p – 1) immersed in a quaternionic space form QP ^(n+p)/4(c), c 0, and, in particular, determine such submanifolds with the induced normal almost contact 3-structure.     

Decomposition and minimality of lagrangian submanifolds in nearly Kähler manifolds

We show that Lagrangian submanifolds in six-dimensional nearly Kähler (non-Kähler) manifolds and in twistor spaces Z ⁴ⁿ⁺² over quaternionic Kähler manifolds Q ⁴ⁿ are minimal. Moreover, we prove that any Lagrangian submanifold L in a nearly Kähler manifold M splits into a product of two Lagrangian submanifolds for which one factor is Lagrangian in the strict nearly Kähler part of M and the other factor is Lagrangian in the Kähler part of M. Using this splitting theorem, we then describe Lagrangian submanifolds in nearly Kähler manifolds of dimensions six, eight, and ten.     

Regular Submanifolds in Conformal Space ${\mathbb Q}^n_p$

The authors study the regular submanifolds in the conformal space Q_p~n and introduce the submanifold theory in the conformal space Q_p~n.The first variation formula of the Willmore volume functional of pseudo-Riemannian submanifolds in the conformal spaceQ_p~n is given.Finally,the conformal isotropic submanifolds in the conformal space Q_p~n are classified.     

Small point sets of PG(n, p 3h ) intersecting each line in 1 mod p h points

The main result of this paper is that point sets of PG(n, q), q = p ^3h , p ≥ 7 prime, of size < 3(q ^n-1 + 1)/2 intersecting each line in 1 modulo ${\sqrt[3] q}$ points (these are always small minimal blocking sets with respect to lines) are linear blocking sets. As a consequence, we get that minimal blocking sets of PG(n, p ³), p ≥ 7 prime, of size < 3(p ^3(n-1) + 1)/2 with respect to lines are always linear.     

Existence of triple solutions of discrete (n,p) boundary value problems

We consider the following boundary value problem: −Δⁿy = F(k,y, Δy,…,Δⁿ⁻¹y), k ϵ Z[n − 1, N], Δⁱy(0) = 0, 0 ≤ i ≤ n − 2, Δ^py(N + n - p) = 0, where n ≥ 2 and p is a fixed integer satisfying 0 ≤ p ≤ n − 1. Using a fixed-point theorem for operators on a cone, we shall yield the existence of at least three positive solutions.     

Rigidity of closed submanifolds in a locally symmetric Riemannian manifold

Let M~n(n ≥ 4) be an oriented closed submanifold with parallel mean curvature in an(n + p)-dimensional locally symmetric Riemannian manifold N~(n+p). We prove that if the sectional curvature of N is positively pinched in [δ, 1], and the Ricci curvature of M satisfies a pinching condition, then M is either a totally umbilical submanifold, or δ = 1, and N is of constant curvature. This result generalizes the geometric rigidity theorem due to Xu and Gu[15].     

Fast algorithms for determining the linear complexities of sequences over GF(p m) with the period 3n

In this paper, for the the primes p such that 3 is a divisor of p ? 1, we prove a result which reduces the computation of the linear complexity of a sequence over GF(p ^m) (any positive integer m) with the period 3n (n and p ^m ? 1 are coprime) to the computation of the linear complexities of three sequences with the period n. Combined with some known algorithms such as generalized Games-Chan algorithm, Berlekamp-Massey algorithm and Xiao-Wei-Lam-Imamura algorithm, we can determine the linear complexity of any sequence over GF(p ^m) with the period 3n (n and p ^m ? 1 are coprime) more efficiently.     

Generalized congruence properties of the restricted partition function p(n,m)

Ramanujan-type congruences for the unrestricted partition function p(n) are well known and have been studied in great detail. The existence of Ramanujan-type congruences are virtually unknown for p(n,m), the closely related restricted partition function that enumerates the number of partitions of n into exactly m parts. Let ? be any odd prime. In this paper we establish explicit Ramanujan-type congruences for p(n,?) modulo any power of that prime ? ^α . In addition, we establish general congruence relations for p(n,?) modulo ? ^α for any n.     

L 2 Harmonic 1-Forms on Minimal Submanifolds in Spheres

We study a complete noncompact minimal submanifold M ⁿ in a sphere S ^n+p . We prove there is no nontrivial L ² harmonic 1-form and at most one nonparabolic end on M if the total curvature is bounded from above by a constant depending only on n. The rigidity theorem is a generalized version of Ni’s, Yun’s and the second author’s results on submanifolds in Euclidean spaces and Seo’s result on minimal submanifolds in hyperbolic spaces.     

L p boundedness of Marcinkiewicz integrals with H 1 kernels

We establish the L^p boundedness of Marcinkiewicz integral operators with kernels in theHardy space on a compact submanifold of finite type. Previously such boundedness properties were obtained when the submanifold is a sphere. Our result shows that what matters is not the symmetry, but a certain type of curvature property of the submanifold.     

Weak Solutions of Nonlinear Elliptic Equations with Prescribed Singular Set

GivenΩany open and bounded subset of $\text{R}$ⁿ,n⩾4, with smooth boundary and givenΣany (n−m)-dimensional compact submanifold ofΩwithout boundary,n>m>2, we prove the existence of weak solutions to the problem[formula]which are singular onΣ, whenpis a realp>m/(m−2), close to this value.     

An integral formula for the heat kernel of tubular neighborhoods of complete (connected) Riemannian manifolds

Let M be a complete connected Riemannian manifold and let N be a submanifold of M. Let v: E _v»N be the normal bundle of N and exp _v : E _v»M its exponential map.Let (exp _infv ^/sup-1 , M ₀) be the Fermi chart relative to the submanifold N. Then, by using the Fermi coordinates we obtain an integral formula for the Dirichlet heat kernel p _t ^m (-,-). That is, we obtain a probabilistic representation for the integral _N f(y)p _t ^M (x,y) dywhere f is any measurable function of compact support in M ₀. This representation involves a submanifold semi-classical Brownian Riemannian bridge process. Then applying the integral formula via a Riemannian submersion in [5], we obtain heat kernel formulae for the complex projective space cP ⁿ, the quaternionic projective space QP ⁿ and the Caley line CaP ¹. The case of the Caley plane CaP ² eludes us due to the lack of a submersion theorem.This work is part of a Ph.D. Thesis which was undertaken under Professor K. D. Elworthy, Mathematics Institute, Warwick University, Coventry CV47AL, England, Great Britain.     

Minimal quadratic residue cyclic codes of lengthp n(p odd prime)

The explicit expressions for the 2n + 1 primitive idempotents in $R_{p^ - } = F[x]/< x^{p^ - } - 1 > $ , whereF is the field of prime power orderq and the multiplicative order ofq modulop ⁿ is ?(p ⁿ)/2 (n ≥ 1 andp is an odd prime), are obtained. An algorithm for computing the generating polynomials of the minimal QR cyclic codes of lengthp ⁿ, generated by these primitive idempotents, is given and hence some bounds on the minimum distance of some QR codes of prime length overGF(q)(q = 2, 3, ...) are obtained.     

Geometric, topological and differentiable rigidity of submanifolds in space forms

Let M be an n-dimensional submanifold in the simply connected space form F ^n+p (c) with c + H ² > 0, where H is the mean curvature of M. We verify that if M ⁿ (n ≥ 3) is an oriented compact submanifold with parallel mean curvature and its Ricci curvature satisfies Ric _M ≥ (n ? 2)(c + H ²), then M is either a totally umbilic sphere, a Clifford hypersurface in an (n + 1)-sphere with n = even, or ${\mathbb{C}P^{2} \left(\frac{4}{3}(c + H^{2})\right) {\rm in} S^{7} \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{c + H^{2}}}\right)}$ C P 2 4 3 ( c + H 2 ) in S 7 1 c + H 2 . In particular, if Ric _M > (n ? 2)(c + H ²), then M is a totally umbilic sphere. We then prove that if M ⁿ (n ≥ 4) is a compact submanifold in F ^n+p (c) with c ≥ 0, and if Ric _M > (n ? 2)(c + H ²), then M is homeomorphic to a sphere. It should be emphasized that our pinching conditions above are sharp. Finally, we obtain a differentiable sphere theorem for submanifolds with positive Ricci curvature.     

Three-dimensional Lie group actions on compact (4n+3)-dimensional geometric manifolds

The (4n+3)-dimensional sphere S⁴ⁿ⁺³ can be viewed as the boundary of the quaternionic hyperbolic space and the group PSp(n+1,1) of quaternionic hyperbolic isometries extends to a real analytic transitive action on S⁴ⁿ⁺³. We call the pair (PSp(n+1,1),S⁴ⁿ⁺³) a spherical Q C-C geometry. A manifold M locally modelled on this geometry is said to be a spherical Q C-C manifold. We shall classify all pairs (G,M) where G is a three-dimensional connected Lie group which acts smoothly and almost freely on a compact spherical Q C-C manifold M, preserving the geometric structure. As an application, we shall determine all compact 3-pseudo-Sasakian manifolds admitting spherical Q C-C structures.     

Geometric and topological rigidity for compact submanifolds of odd dimension

We investigate rigidity problems for odd-dimensional compact submanifolds.We show that if Mn(n 5)is an odd-dimensional compact submanifold with parallel mean curvature in Sn+p,and if RicM(n-2-1n)(1+H2)and Hδn,whereδn is an explicit positive constant depending only on n,then M is a totally umbilical sphere.Here H is the mean curvature of M.Moreover,we prove that if Mn(n 5)is an odd-dimensional compact submanifold in the space form Fn+p(c)with c 0,and if RicM(n-2-εn)(c+H2),whereεn is an explicit positive constant depending only on n,then M is homeomorphic to a sphere.     

Polynomial approximation inL p(S) forp>0

For a simple polytopeS inR ^d andp>0 we show that the best polynomial approximationE _n(f)_p≡E_n(f)L_p(S) satisfies $$E_n \left( f \right)_p \leqslant C\omega _S^r \left( {f,\frac{1}{n}} \right)p,$$ where ω _S ^r is a measure of smoothness off. This result is the best possible in the sense that a weak-type converse inequality is shown and a realization of ω _S ^r (f,t)_p via polynomial approximation is proved.     

Constructing homotopy equivalences

In this paper we study the following construction of homotopy equivalences: Take a codimension one separating submanifold N^n?1 of Mⁿ, cut along N and glue the pieces together by a homeomorphism of N homotopic to the identity. Aside from the question of which homotopy equivalences can be so obtained, we will study qualitative questions such as stability, type of submanifold, etc. Relations to ΣΩ, the oozing problem in surgery theory, and Kervaire classes will be discussed.