Harmonic cohomology of symplectic manifolds

Mathieu (Math. Helv. 70 (1995) 1) introduced a canonic filtration in the de Rham cohomology of a symplectic manifold and proved, that the middle filtration space is the space of harmonic cohomology classes. We give an interpretation of the other filtration spaces, prove a Künneth theorem for harmonic cohomology, prove Poincaré duality for harmonic cohomology and show how surjectivity of certain Lefschetz type mappings is related to properties of the filtration. For a closed symplectic manifold M we also introduce symplectic invariants , and show if M is of dimension 2n with n even.     

Non-commutative Arens algebras and their derivations

Given a von Neumann algebra M with a faithful normal semi-finite trace τ, we consider the non-commutative Arens algebra Lω(M,τ)=_?p?1Lp(M,τ) and the related algebras and which are proved to be complete metrizable locally convex *-algebras. The main purpose of the present paper is to prove that any derivation of the algebra is inner and all derivations of the algebras Lω(M,τ) and are spatial and implemented by elements of . In particular we obtain that if the trace τ is finite then any derivation on the non-commutative Arens algebra Lω(M,τ) is inner.     

A fixed point localization formula for the Fourier transform of regular semisimple coadjoint orbits

Let be a Lie group acting on an oriented manifold M, and let ω be an equivariantly closed form on M. If both and M are compact, then the integral is given by the fixed point integral localization formula (Theorem 7.11 in Berline et al. Heat Kernels and Dirac Operators, Springer, Berlin, 1992). Unfortunately, this formula fails when the acting Lie group is not compact: there simply may not be enough fixed points present. A proposed remedy is to modify the action of in such a way that all fixed points are accounted for.Let be a real semisimple Lie group, possibly noncompact. One of the most important examples of equivariantly closed forms is the symplectic volume form dβ of a coadjoint orbit Ω. Even if Ω is not compact, the integral exists as a distribution on the Lie algebra . This distribution is called the Fourier transform of the coadjoint orbit.In this article, we will apply the localization results described in [L1,L2] to get a geometric derivation of Harish-Chandra's formula (9) for the Fourier transforms of regular semisimple coadjoint orbits. Then, we will make an explicit computation for the coadjoint orbits of elements of which are dual to regular semisimple elements lying in a maximally split Cartan subalgebra of .     

Approximation des ensembles ω-limites des difféomorphismes par des orbites périodiques

Let M be a compact manifold, D the set of its C¹-diffeomorphisms (possibly symplectic or volume preserving). We prove that there exists a dense G_δ of D such that if , every ω-limit set of f is the limit (for the Hausdorff topology) of a sequence of periodic orbits. This has certain interesting consequences concerning the structure of the ω-limit sets. Moreover, we define a new notion of attractors and describe them precisely in different cases.     

Monoids with sub-log-exponential free spectra

A classic result from the 1960s states that the asymptotic growth of the free spectrum of a finite group is sub-log-exponential if and only if is nilpotent. Thus a monoid is sub-log-exponential implies , the pseudovariety of semigroups with nilpotent subgroups. Unfortunately, little more is known about the boundary between the sub-log-exponential and log-exponential monoids.The pseudovariety consists of those finite semigroups satisfying (x^ωy^ω)^ω(y^ωx^ω)^ω(x^ωy^ω)^ω≈(x^ωy^ω)^ω. Here it is shown that a monoid is sub-log-exponential implies . A quick application: a regular sub-log-exponential monoid is orthodox. It is conjectured that a finite monoid is sub-log-exponential if and only if it is , the finite monoids in having nilpotent subgroups. The forward direction of the conjecture is proved; moreover, the conjecture is proved for when is completely (0)-simple. In particular, the six-element Brandt monoid (the Perkins semigroup) is sub-log-exponential.     

Holomorphy of spectral multipliers of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator

Let γ be the Gauss measure on and the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator. For every p in [1,∞)?{2}, set , and consider the sector . The main results of this paper are the following. If p is in (1,∞)?{2}, and , i.e., if M is an Lp(γ)uniform spectral multiplier of in our terminology, and M is continuous on , then M extends to a bounded holomorphic function on the sector . Furthermore, if p=1 a spectral multiplier M, continuous on , satisfies the condition if and only if M extends to a bounded holomorphic function on the right half-plane, and its boundary value M(i·) on the imaginary axis is the Euclidean Fourier transform of a finite Borel measure on the real line. We prove similar results for uniform spectral multipliers of second order elliptic differential operators in divergence form on belonging to a wide class, which contains . From these results we deduce that operators in this class do not admit an H^∞ functional calculus in sectors smaller than .     

On duality between étale groupoids and Hopf algebroids

For any étale Lie groupoid G over a smooth manifold M, the groupoid convolution algebra of smooth functions with compact support on G has a natural coalgebra structure over the commutative algebra which makes it into a Hopf algebroid. Conversely, for any Hopf algebroid A over we construct the associated spectral étale Lie groupoid over M such that is naturally isomorphic to G. Both these constructions are functorial, and is fully faithful left adjoint to . We give explicit conditions under which a Hopf algebroid is isomorphic to the Hopf algebroid of an étale Lie groupoid G.     

Signatures of foliated surface bundles and the symplectomorphism groups of surfaces

For any closed oriented surface Σ_g of genus g?3, we prove the existence of foliatedΣ_g-bundles over surfaces such that the signatures of the total spaces are non-zero. We can arrange that the total holonomy of the horizontal foliations preserve a prescribed symplectic form ω on the fiber. We relate the cohomology class represented by the transverse symplectic form to a crossed homomorphism which is an extension of the flux homomorphism from the identity component to the whole group of symplectomorphisms of Σ_g with respect to the symplectic form ω.     

Simultaneous Diophantine approximation on manifolds and Hausdorff dimension

Let M be an m-dimensional, C^k manifold in , for any , and for any τ>0 let

     

Harmonicity of unit vector fields with respect to Riemannian g-natural metrics

Let (M,g) be a compact Riemannian manifold and T₁M its unit tangent sphere bundle. Unit vector fields defining harmonic maps from (M,g) to , being the Sasaki metric on T₁M, have been extensively studied. The Sasaki metric, and other well known Riemannian metrics on T₁M, are particular examples of g-natural metrics. We equip T₁M with an arbitrary Riemannian g-natural metric , and investigate the harmonicity of a unit vector field V of M, thought as a map from (M,g) to . We then apply this study to characterize unit Killing vector fields and to investigate harmonicity properties of the Reeb vector field of a contact metric manifold.     

Symplectic duality of symmetric spaces

Let M⊂Cn be a complex n-dimensional Hermitian symmetric space endowed with the hyperbolic form ωhyp. Denote by (M^∗,ωFS) the compact dual of (M,ωhyp), where ωFS is the Fubini-Study form on M^∗. Our first result is Theorem 1.1 where, with the aid of the theory of Jordan triple systems, we construct an explicit symplectic duality, namely a diffeomorphism satisfying and for the pull-back of ΨM, where ω₀ is the restriction to M of the flat Kähler form of the Hermitian positive Jordan triple system associated to M. Amongst other properties of the map ΨM, we also show that it takes (complete) complex and totally geodesic submanifolds of M through the origin to complex linear subspaces of Cn. As a byproduct of the proof of Theorem 1.1 we get an interesting characterization (Theorem 5.3) of the Bergman form of a Hermitian symmetric space in terms of its restriction to classical complex and totally geodesic submanifolds passing through the origin.     

Equivariant chain complexes, twisted homology and relative minimality of arrangements

We show that the π-equivariant chain complex (), , associated to a Morse-theoretic minimal CW-structure X on the complement of an arrangement , is independent of X. The same holds for all scalar extensions, , a field, where X is an arbitrary minimal CW-structure on a space M. When is a section of another arrangement , we show that the divisibility properties of the first Betti number of the Milnor fiber of  obstruct the homotopy realization of  as a subcomplex of a minimal structure on .If is aspherical and is a sufficiently generic section of , then may be described in terms of π, L and , for an arbitrary local system L; explicit computations may be done, when is fiber-type. In this case, explicit -presentations of arbitrary abelian scalar extensions of the first non-trivial higher homotopy group of , π_p(M), may also be obtained. For nonresonant abelian scalar extensions, the -rank of is combinatorially determined.     

Convergence in mean of some random Fourier series

For a symmetric stable process X(t,ω) with index α∈(1,2], f∈Lp[0,2π], p?α, and , we establish that the random Fourier-Stieltjes (RFS) series converges in the mean to the stochastic integral , where fβ is the fractional integral of order β of the function f for . Further it is proved that the RFS series is Abel summable to . Also we define fractional derivative of the sum of order β for an, An(ω) as above and . We have shown that the formal fractional derivative of the series of order β exists in the sense of mean.     

The structure of analytic τ-sheaves

Let R be a complete discrete valuation -algebra whose residue field is algebraic over , and let K denote its fraction field. In this paper, we study the structure of τ-sheaves M without good reduction on the curve , seen as a rigid analytic space. One motivation is the Tate uniformization theorem for t-motives of Drinfeld modules, which we want to extend to general τ-sheaves. On the other hand, we are interested in the action of inertia on a generic Tate module T_?(M) of M.For a given τ-sheaf M on , we prove the existence of a maximal model for M on , an R-model of , and, over a finite separable extension R′ of R, of nondegenerate models for M.We prove the following ‘semistability’ theorem: there exists a finite extension K′ of K, a nonempty open subscheme C′⊂C, and a filtration

     

Hyperkähler structures and infinite-dimensional Grassmannians

In this paper, we describe an example of a hyperkähler quotient of a Banach manifold by a Banach Lie group. Although the initial manifold is not diffeomorphic to a Hilbert manifold (not even to a manifold modelled on a reflexive Banach space), the quotient space obtained is a Hilbert manifold, which can be furthermore identified either with the cotangent space of a connected component (j∈Z), of the restricted Grassmannian or with a natural complexification of this connected component, thus proving that these two manifolds are isomorphic hyperkähler manifolds. Moreover, Kähler potentials associated with the natural complex structure of the cotangent space of and with the natural complex structure of the complexification of are computed using Kostant-Souriau's theory of prequantization.