All superconformal surfaces in $${\mathbb R^4}$$ in terms of minimal surfaces

We give an explicit construction of any simply connected superconformal surface in Euclidean space in terms of a pair of conjugate minimal surfaces . That is superconformal means that its ellipse of curvature is a circle at any point. We characterize the pairs (g, h) of conjugate minimal surfaces that give rise to images of holomorphic curves by an inversion in and to images of superminimal surfaces in either a sphere or a hyperbolic space by an stereographic projection. We also determine the relation between the pairs (g, h) of conjugate minimal surfaces associated to a superconformal surface and its image by an inversion. In particular, this yields a new transformation for minimal surfaces in .     

Determination of simple CM abelian surfaces defined over $${\mathbb{Q}}$$

It is known that in the moduli space of elliptic curves, there exist precisely nine -rational points represented by an elliptic curve with complex multiplication by the maximal order of an imaginary quadratic field. In Murabayashi and Umegaki (J Algebra 235:267–274, 2001) and Umegaki [Determination of all -rational CM-points in the moduli spaces of polarized abelian surfaces, Analytic number theory (Beijng/Kyoto, 1999). Dev. Math., vol 6. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp 349–357, 2002] we determined all -rational points in (the moduli space of d-polarized abelian surfaces) represented by a d-polarized abelian surface whose endomorphism ring is isomorphic to the maximal order of a quartic CM-field by using the result in Murabayashi (J Reine Angew Math 470:1–26, 1996). In this paper, we prove that polarized abelian surfaces corresponding to these -rational CM points have a -rational model by constructing certain Hecke characters.     

Hopf hypersurfaces of small Hopf principal curvature in $${\mathbb{C}{\rm H}^2}$$

Using the methods of moving frames and exterior differential systems, we show that there exist Hopf hypersurfaces in complex hyperbolic space with any specified value of the Hopf principal curvature α less than or equal to the corresponding value for the horosphere. We give a construction for all such hypersurfaces in terms of Weierstrass-type data, and also obtain a classification of pseudo-Einstein hypersurfaces in .      

Dy namic of Abelia n Subgroups of GL( n, $$\mathbb{C}$$): A Structure Theorem

In this paper, we characterize the dynamic of every Abelian subgroups of , or . We show that there exists a -invariant, dense open set U in saturated by minimal orbits with a union of at most n -invariant vector subspaces of of dimension n−1 or n−2 over . As a consequence, has height at most n and in particular it admits a minimal set in . This work is supported by the research unit: systèmes dynamiques et combinatoire: 99UR15-15     

Non-free isometric immersions of Riemannian manifolds

Let (V, g) be a Riemannian manifold and let be the isometric immersion operator which, to a map , associates the induced metric on V, where denotes the Euclidean scalar product in . By Nash–Gromov implicit function theorem is infinitesimally invertible over the space of free maps. In this paper we study non-free isometric immersions . We show that the operator (where denotes the space of C ^∞- smooth quadratic forms on ) is infinitesimally invertible over a non-empty open subset of and therefore is an open map in the respective fine topologies.      

Codes defined by forms of degree 2 on non-degenerate Hermitian varieties in $${\mathbb{P}^{4}(\mathbb{F}_q)}$$

We study the functional codes of second order on a non-degenerate Hermitian variety as defined by G. Lachaud. We provide the best possible bounds for the number of points of quadratic sections of . We list the first five weights, describe the corresponding codewords and compute their number. The paper ends with two conjectures. The first is about minimum distance of the functional codes of order h on a non-singular Hermitian variety . The second is about distribution of the codewords of first five weights of the functional codes of second order on a non-singular Hermitian variety .      

Surfaces in $${\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{R}}$$ with a canonical principal direction

We show a way to choose nice coordinates on a surface in and use this to study minimal surfaces. We show that only open parts of cylinders over a geodesic in are both minimal and flat. We also show that the condition that the projection of the direction tangent to onto the tangent space of the surface is a principal direction, is equivalent to the condition that the surface is normally flat in . We present classification theorems under the extra assumption of minimality or flatness. J. Fastenakels is a research assistant of the Research Foundation—Flanders (FWO). J. Van der Veken is a postdoctoral researcher supported by the Research Foundation—Flanders (FWO). This work was partially supported by project G.0432.07 of the Research Foundation—Flanders (FWO).     

An asymptotic version of Dumnicki’s algorithm for linear systems in $${\mathbb{CP}^2}$$

Using Dumnicki’s approach to showing non-specialty of linear systems consisting of plane curves with prescribed multiplicities in sufficiently general points on we develop an asymptotic method to determine lower bounds for Seshadri constants of general points on . With this method we prove the lower bound for 10 general points on .      

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.     

Foliations and polynomial diffeomorphisms of $${\mathbb{R}^{3}}$$

Let be a C ² map and let Spec(Y) denote the set of eigenvalues of the derivative DY _p , when p varies in . We begin proving that if, for some ϵ > 0, then the foliation with made up by the level surfaces {k = constant}, consists just of planes. As a consequence, we prove a bijectivity result related to the three-dimensional case of Jelonek’s Jacobian Conjecture for polynomial maps of The first author was supported by CNPq-Brazil Grant 306992/2003-5. The first and second author were supported by FAPESP-Brazil Grant 03/03107-9.     

The geometric invariants $${\Omega^{n}}$$ of a product of groups

We compute the geometric invariants of a product G × H of groups in terms of and . This gives a sufficient condition in terms of and for a normal subgroup of G × H with abelian quotient to be of type F _n . We give an example involving the direct product of the Baumslag–Solitar group BS_1,2 with itself.      

On critical normal sections for two-dimensional immersions in $${\mathbb R^{n+2}}$$

We study orthonormal normal sections of two-dimensional immersions in , which are critical for a functional of total torsion and which we call Coulomb sections. In particular, we establish upper bounds for the torsion coefficients in the case of non-flat normal bundles. With these notes we continue a foregoing paper on surfaces in      

Generalized Thrackles and Geometric Graphs in $${\mathbb{R}}^3$$ with No Pair of Strongly Avoiding Edges

We define the notion of a geometric graph in . This is a graph drawn in with its vertices drawn as points and its edges as straight line segments connecting corresponding points. We call two disjoint edges of G strongly avoiding if there exists an orthogonal projection of to a two dimensional plane H such that the projections of the two edges on H are contained in two different rays, respectively, with a common apex that create a non-acute angle. We show that a geometric graph on n vertices in with no pair of strongly avoiding edges has at most 2n − 2 edges. As a consequence we get a new proof to Vázsonyi’s conjecture about the maximum number of diameters in a set of n points in . This research was supported by THE ISRELI SCIENCE FOUNDATION (grant No. 938/06).     

On self-dual codes over {\mathbb{F}}_5

The purpose of this paper is to improve the upper bounds of the minimum distances of self-dual codes over for lengths [22, 26, 28, 32–40]. In particular, we prove that there is no [22, 11, 9] self-dual code over , whose existence was left open in 1982. We also show that both the Hamming weight enumerator and the Lee weight enumerator of a putative [24, 12, 10] self-dual code over are unique. Using the building-up construction, we show that there are exactly nine inequivalent optimal self-dual [18, 9, 7] codes over up to the monomial equivalence, and construct one new optimal self-dual [20, 10, 8] code over and at least 40 new inequivalent optimal self-dual [22, 11, 8] codes.      

The $${\overline{\partial}}$$-equation on homogeneous varieties with an isolated singularity

Let X be a regular irreducible variety in , Y the associated homogeneous variety in , and N the restriction of the universal bundle of to X. In the present paper, we compute the obstructions to solving the -equation in the L ^p -sense on Y for 1 ≤  p ≤  ∞ in terms of cohomology groups . That allows to identify obstructions explicitly if X is specified more precisely, for example if it is equivalent to or an elliptic curve.      

Compactness and local compactness for {\mathbb{R}}-trees

We establish (geometric) criteria for an -tree to be compact and to be locally compact. It follows that locally compact -trees are separable. Received: 10 September 2007     

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.     

Quasilinearization and curvature of Aleksandrov spaces

We present a new distance characterization of Aleksandrov spaces of non-positive curvature. By introducing a quasilinearization for abstract metric spaces we draw an analogy between characterization of Aleksandrov spaces and inner product spaces; the quasi-inner product is defined by means of the quadrilateral cosine—a metric substitute for the angular measure between two directions at different points. Our main result states that a geodesically connected metric space is an Aleksandrov domain (also known as a CAT(0) space) if and only if the quadrilateral cosine does not exceed one for every two pairs of distinct points in . We also observe that a geodesically connected metric space is an domain if and only if, for every quadruple of points in , the quadrilateral inequality (known as Euler’s inequality in ) holds. As a corollary of our main result we give necessary and sufficient conditions for a semimetric space to be an domain. Our results provide a complete solution to the Curvature Problem posed by Gromov in the context of metric spaces of non-positive curvature.      

Diameter preserving bijections between Grassmann spaces over Bezout domains

Let R, S be Bezout domains. Assume that n is an integer ≥ 3, 1 ≤ k ≤ n − 2. Denoted by the k-dimensional Grassmann space on . Let be a map. This paper proves the following are equivalent: (i) is an adjacency preserving bijection in both directions. (ii) is a diameter preserving bijection in both directions. Moreover, Chow’s theorem on Grassmann spaces over division rings is extended to the case of Bezout domains: If is an adjacency preserving bijection in both directions, then is induced by either a collineation or the duality of a collineation. Project 10671026 supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

Surfaces in $${\mathbb {P}^{4}}$$ fibered in cubics

Any algebraic surface in which is fibered in cubics, so that the generic fibre is a twisted cubic, gives rise to a curve Γ in a suitable compactification X of the space of smooth rational cubics of In this paper the case n = 4 is addressed and the corresponding space X is studied. We apply our results to complete the classification of smooth, rational surfaces in ruled in cubics. This work is within the framework of the national research project “Geometry on Algebraic Varieties” Cofin 2006 of MIUR.