Circle Numbers of Regular Convex Polygons

The circle number function is extended here to regular convex polygons. To this end, the radius of the polygonal circle is defined as the Minkowski functional of the circumscribed polygonal disc, and the arc-length of the polygonal circle is measured in a generalized Minkowski space having the rotated polar body as the unit disc.     

两点齐性的Finsler流形

该文证明任何一个两点齐性的Finsler流形一定是黎曼流形．证明过程中作者将泛函分析中经典的Mazur定理推广到不一定是绝对齐次的Minkowski空间上．     

两点齐性的 Finsler 流形

该文证明任何一个两点齐性的 Finsler 流形一定是黎曼流形. 证明过程中作者将泛函分析中经典的Mazur 定理推广到不一定是绝对齐次的 Minkowski 空间上.     

On geometric vector fields of Minkowski spaces and their applications

As it is well-known, a Minkowski space is a finite dimensional real vector space equipped with a Minkowski functional F. By the help of its second order partial derivatives we can introduce a Riemannian metric on the vector space and the indicatrix hypersurface S:=F⁻¹(1) can be investigated as a Riemannian submanifold in the usual sense.Our aim is to study affine vector fields on the vector space which are, at the same time, affine with respect to the Funk metric associated with the indicatrix hypersurface. We give an upper bound for the dimension of their (real) Lie algebra and it is proved that equality holds if and only if the Minkowski space is Euclidean. Criteria of the existence is also given in lower dimensional cases. Note that in case of a Euclidean vector space the Funk metric reduces to the standard Cayley-Klein metric perturbed with a nonzero 1-form.As an application of our results we present the general solution of Matsumoto's problem on conformal equivalent Berwald and locally Minkowski manifolds. The reasoning is based on the theory of harmonic vector fields on the tangent spaces as Riemannian manifolds or, in an equivalent way, as Minkowski spaces. Our main result states that the conformal equivalence between two Berwald manifolds must be trivial unless the manifolds are Riemannian.     

On the total curvature of curves in a Minkowski space

We consider simple closed curves in a Minkowski space. We give bounds of the total Minkowski curvature of the curve in terms of the total Euclidean curvature and of normal curvatures on the indicatrix (supposed to be a central symmetric hypersurface) of the Minkowski norm. Corollaries of this result provide analogues to Fenchel and Fary-Milnor theorems. We also give an upper bound of the Minkowski length of a simple closed curve contained in a Minkowski ball of radius R, in terms of the total Minkowski curvature and of normal curvatures on the indicatrix. Whenever the Minkowski space is Euclidean our results reduce to the classical ones.     

The Willmore functional and the containment problem in R~4

Let∑be a convex hypersurface in the Euclidean space R4 with mean curvature H. We obtain a geometric lower bound for the Willmore functional∫∑H2dσ. This bound is an invariant involving the area of∑, the volume and Minkowski quermassintegrals of the convex body that∑bounds. We also obtain a sufficient condition for a convex body to contain another in the Euclidean space R4.     

The divergence theorem and the Laplacian in Minkowski space

Let (X, B) be a Minkowski space (finite-dimensional Banach space) with unit ball B. Using a Minkowski definition of unit normal to a hypersurface, a Minkowski analogue of Euclidean divergence is defined. We show that the divergence theorem holds. Using the Minkowski divergence, a Minkowski Laplacian is defined. We prove that this Laplacian is a second-order, constant-coefficient, elliptic, differential operator. Furthermore, the symbol of this Laplacian is computed and used to associate a natural Euclidean structure with (X, B).Supported, in part, by NSERC Operating Grant #4066.     

凸体诱导的对称函数（英文）

This paper shows some properties of symmetry function induced by a convex body in a normal linear space. Some relationships between symmetry function induced by a convex body and Minkowski functional of the convex body are presented.     

Hyperbolic euler formula in the n-dimensional Minkowski space

In this paper, the properties ofn-dimensional Minkowski space discussed by using Clifford algebra. The hyperbolic Euler formula is given inn-dimensional Minkowski space.     

The geometrical interpretation of uncertainty relation in Minkowski space

Clifford algebraic geometry corresponds to Minkowski space. Using the discrete structure of Minkowski space, we can abstract a class n-dimensional hyperbolic Hilbert phase space. To discussing the causality of physical event in Minkowski space, we can obtain the geometrical interpretation of uncertainty relation.     

Remarks on the Veronese Generating Submanifolds in Minkoski Space

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Curvature Estimates of Hypersurfaces in the Minkowski Space

A class of curvature estimates of spacelike admissible hypersurfaces related to translating solitons of the higher order mean curvature flow in the Minkowski space is obtained,which may ofer an idea to study an open question of the existence of hypersurfaces with the prescribed higher mean curvature in the Minkowski space.     

Spherical containment and the Minkowski dimension of partial orders

The recent work on circle orders generalizes to higher dimensional spheres. As spherical containment is equivalent to causal precedence in Minkowski space, we define the Minkowski dimension of a poset to be the dimension of the minimal Minkowski space into which the poset can be embedded; this isd if the poset can be represented by containment with spheresS ^d–2 and of no lower dimension. Comparing this dimension with the standard dimension of partial orders we prove that they are identical in dimension two but not in higher dimensions, while their irreducible configurations are the same in dimensions two and three. Moreover, we show that there are irreducible configurations for arbitrarily large Minkowski dimension, thus providing a lower bound for the Minkowski dimension of partial orders.     

二维Finsler空间是共形平坦的若干判定条件

本文利用Finsler约度量函数与度量张量获得了二维Finsler空间是共形平坦的若干令新的充要条件．此外，还推导了在共形映射下，局部Minkowski空间、常曲率Finsler空间与零曲率Finsler空间保持不变的新的充要条件．     

Lightcone dualities for hypersurfaces in the sphere

In this paper, we consider hypersurfaces in the unit lightlike sphere. The unit sphere can be canonically embedded in the lightcone and de Sitter space in Minkowski space. We investigate these hypersurfaces in the framework of the theory of Legendrian dualities between pseudo‐spheres in Minkowski space.     

The grassmannian manifolds with indefinite metrics

In this paper we study the geometrical properties of Grassmannian manifolds constructed in Minkowski space as submanifolds in a certain pseudo-Euclidean space and give a condition that the generalized Gauss map of a spacelike submanifold in Minkowski space is harmonic. This work is supported partially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

Projection bodies in complex vector spaces

The space of Minkowski valuations on an m-dimensional complex vector space which are continuous, translation invariant and contravariant under the complex special linear group is explicitly described. Each valuation with these properties is shown to satisfy geometric inequalities of the Brunn–Minkowski, Aleksandrov–Fenchel and Minkowski type.     

狭义相对论数学基础的探讨

狭义相对论的变革点就是相对时空观,而相对论时空与非欧几何学有着密切的联系.在介绍了传统的Minkowski空间后,引入双曲虚单位,其所构造的双曲复数对应双曲Minkowski复空间.利用双曲Minkowski空间复数运算规则,可以使高速运动客体的物理规律与复数的性质结合起来,为解决狭义相对论的普遍形式提供新的数学工具.     

关于多胞形一个新仿射不变量的应用

用组合极值方法导出了n维欧氏空间中关于原点对称的一个凸多胞形子类上一个新的仿射不变量(最近由Lutwak,Yang和Zhang引入)的解析表达式,并给出了其在凸多胞形Minkowski问题的一个应用．