Curvatures properties of Lie hypersurfaces in the complex hyperbolic space

A Lie hypersurface in the complex hyperbolic space is a homogeneous real hypersurface without focal submanifolds. The set of all Lie hypersurfaces in the complex hyperbolic space is bijective to a closed interval, which gives a deformation of homogeneous hypersurfaces from the ruled minimal one to the horosphere. In this paper, we study intrinsic geometry of Lie hypersurfaces, such as Ricci curvatures, scalar curvatures, and sectional curvatures.     

Gradient map of isoparametric polynomial and its application to Ginzburg-Landau system

In this note, we study properties of the gradient map of the isoparametric polynomial. For a given isoparametric hypersurface in sphere, we calculate explicitly the gradient map of its isoparametric polynomial which turns out many interesting phenomenons and applications. We find that it should map not only the focal submanifolds to focal submanifolds, isoparametric hypersurfaces to isoparametric hypersurfaces, but also map isoparametric hypersurfaces to focal submanifolds. In particular, it turns out to be a homogeneous polynomial automorphism on certain isoparametric hypersurface. As an immediate consequence, we get the Brouwer degree of the gradient map which was firstly obtained by Peng and Tang with moving frame method. Following Farina's construction, another immediate consequence is a counterexample of the Brézis question about the symmetry for the Ginzburg-Landau system in dimension 6, which gives a partial answer toward the Open problem 2 raised by Farina.     

Isoparametric hypersurfaces in Finsler space forms

In this paper, we study isoparametric hypersurfaces in Finsler space forms by investigating focal points, tubes and parallel hypersurfaces of submanifolds. We prove that the focal submanifolds of isoparametric hypersurfaces are anisotropic-minimal and obtain a general Cartan-type formula in a Finsler space form with vanishing reversible torsion, from which we give some classifications on the number of distinct principal curvatures or their multiplicities.     

Parallel and totally geodesic hypersurfaces of 5-dimensional 2-step homogeneous nilmanifolds

In this paper we study parallel and totally geodesic hypersurfaces of two-step homogeneous nilmanifolds of dimension five. We give the complete classification and explicitly describe parallel and totally geodesic hypersurfaces of these spaces. Moreover, we prove that two-step homogeneous nilmanifolds of dimension five which have one-dimensional centre never admit parallel hypersurfaces. Also we prove that the only two-step homogeneous nilmanifolds of dimension five which admit totally geodesic hypersurfaces have three-dimensional centre.     

On quasi-umbilical locally strongly convex homogeneous affine hypersurfaces

In this paper, by developing the techniques of F. Dillen and L. Vrancken in [6], we study quasi-umbilical locally strongly convex homogeneous unimodular-affine hypersurfaces. We will present a characterization of a certain subclass in all dimensions; finally, in dimension five, we will give a complete classification of all quasi-umbilical homogeneous unimodular-affine hypersurfaces.     

On Ruled Real Hypersurfaces in Complex Space Forms

Ruled real hypersurfaces of complex space forms are investigated by using the fact that such hypersurfaces can be constructed by moving a 1-codimensional complex totally geodesic submanifold of the ambient space along a curve. Among other results, a classification of minimal ruled real hypersurfaces and an example of a homogeneous ruled real hypersurface are given.     

A version of Turán’s problem for positive definite functions of several variables

We present a systematic approach to solving the problem of affine homogeneity of real hypersurfaces in the three-dimensional complex space. This question is an important part of the general problem of holomorphic classification of homogeneous real hypersurfaces in three-dimensional complex spaces. In contrast to the two-dimensional case, the whole problem (just as its affine part) has not yet been fully studied, although there exist a large number of examples of homogeneous manifolds. We study only the class of tubular type surfaces, which is defined by conditions imposed on the 2-jet of their canonical equations and generalizes the class of tube manifolds. We discuss the procedure of describing all matrix Lie algebras corresponding to the homogeneous manifolds under consideration. In the class that we study, we distinguish four cases depending on the third-order Taylor coefficients of the canonical equations; in three of these cases, the Lie algebras and the corresponding affine homogeneous surfaces are completely described. The key point of the proposed approach is the solution of a large system of quadratic equations that corresponds to each of the homogeneous surfaces.     

球面中等参超曲面及其焦流形的有限性定理

球面中等参超曲面理论近期获得蓬勃发展,它们在等距意义下的分类至今未完全解决,将证明球面中等参超曲面及其焦流形的微分同胚型有限.     

Real hypersurfaces in quaternionic projective space

Summary This paper is devoted to make a systematic study of real hypersurfaces of quaternionic projective space using focal set theory. We obtain three types of such real hypersurfaces. Two of them are known. Third type is new and in its study the first example of proper quaternion CR-submanifold appears. We study real hypersurfaces with constant principal curvatures and classify such hypersurfaces with at most two distinct principal curvatures. Finally we study the Ricci tensor of a real hypersurface of quaternionic projective space and classify pseudo-Einstein, almost-Einstein and Einstein real hypersurfaces.     

Willmore submanifolds in the unit sphere via isoparametric functions

In this paper, we show that both focal submanifolds of each isoparametric hypersurface in the sphere with six distinct principal curvatures are Willmore, hence all focal submanifolds of isoparametric hypersurfaces in the sphere are Willmore.     

Möbius homogeneous hypersurfaces with two distinct principal curvatures in S n+1

The purpose of this paper is to classify the Möbius homogeneous hypersurfaces with two distinct principal curvatures in S ⁿ⁺¹ under the Möbius transformation group. Additionally, we give a classification of the Möbius homogeneous hypersurfaces in S ⁴.     

Spacelike Möbius Hypersurfaces in Four Dimensional Lorentzian Space Form

In this paper, we first set up an alternative fundamental theory of Möbius geometry for any umbilic-free spacelike hypersurfaces in four dimensional Lorentzian space form, and prove the hypersurfaces can be determined completely by a system consisting of a function W and a tangent frame {E_i}. Then we give a complete classification for spacelike Möbius homogeneous hypersurfaces in four dimensional Lorentzian space form. They are either Möbius equivalent to spacelike Dupin hypersurfaces or to some cylinders constructed from logarithmic curves and hyperbolic logarithmic spirals. Some of them have parallel para-Blaschke tensors with non-vanishing Möbius form.     

Fully nonlinear curvature flow of axially symmetric hypersurfaces with boundary conditions

Inspired by earlier results on the quasilinear mean curvature flow, and recent investigations of fully nonlinear curvature flow of closed hypersurfaces which are not convex, we consider contraction of axially symmetric hypersurfaces by convex, degree-one homogeneous fully nonlinear functions of curvature. With a natural class of Neumann boundary conditions, we show that evolving hypersurfaces exist for a finite maximal time. The maximal time is characterised by a curvature singularity at either boundary. Some results continue to hold in the cases of mixed Neumann–Dirichlet boundary conditions and more general curvature-dependent speeds.     

Parallel and totally geodesic hypersurfaces of non-reductive homogeneous four-manifolds

We classify totally geodesic and parallel hypersurfaces of four-dimensional non-reductive homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.     

Reeb parallel Ricci tensor for homogeneous real hypersurfaces in complex hyperbolic two‐plane Grassmannians

In this paper, we introduce the notion of Reeb parallel Ricci tensor for homogeneous real hypersurfaces in complex hyperbolic two‐plane Grassmannians which has a remarkable geometric structure as a Hermitian symmetric space of rank 2. By using a new method of simultaneous diagonalizations, we give a complete classification for real hypersurfaces in complex hyperbolic two‐plane Grassmannians with the Reeb parallel Ricci tensor.     

Cayley hypersurfaces

We exhibit a family of homogeneous hypersurfaces in affine space, one in each dimension, that generalize the Cayley surface.     

Ruled Real Hypersurfaces in a Nonflat Quaternionic Space Form

In this paper we construct many ruled real hypersurfaces in a nonflat quaternionic space form systematically, and in particular give an example of a homogeneous ruled real hypersurface in a quaternionic hyperbolic space. In the second half of this paper we characterize them by investigating the extrinsic shape of their geodesics. We also characterize curvature-adapted real hypersurfaces in nonflat quaternionic space forms from the same viewpoint.The first author was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (No. 14540075), Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture.The second author was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (No. 14540080), Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture.