Existence and Multiplicity Results for the Prescribed Webster Scalar Curvature Problem on Three CR Manifolds

This paper is devoted to the existence of contact forms of prescribed Webster scalar curvature on a 3-dimensional CR compact manifold locally conformally CR equivalent to the unit sphere $\mathbb{S}^{3}$ of ?². Due to Kazdan–Warner type obstructions, conditions on the function H to be realized as a Webster scalar curvature have to be given. We prove new existence results based on a new type of Euler–Hopf type formula. Our argument gives an upper bound on the Morse index of the obtained solution. We also give a lower bound on the number of conformal contact forms having the same Webster scalar curvature.     

The Topoligical Sphere Theorem for Complete Submanifolds

A topological sphere theorem is obtained from the point of view of submanifold geometry. An important scalar is defined by the mean curvature and the squared norm of the second fundamental form of an oriented complete submanifold Mn in a space form of nonnegative sectional curvature. If the infimum of this scalar is negative, we then prove that the Ricci curvature of Mn has a positive lower bound. Making use of the Lawson–Simons formula for the nonexistence of stable k-currents, we eliminate Hk (Mn, Z) for all 1 ` k ` n – 1.We then observe that the fundamental group of Mn is trivial. It should be emphasized that our result is optimal.     

The Liouville Canonical Form for Compatible Nonlocal Poisson Brackets of Hydrodynamic Type and Integrable Hierarchies

We reduce an arbitrary pair of compatible nonlocal Poisson brackets of hydrodynamic type generated by metrics of constant Riemannian curvature (compatible Mokhov–Ferapontov brackets) to a canonical form, find an integrable system describing all such pairs, and, for an arbitrary solution of this integrable system, i.e., for any pair of compatible Poisson brackets in question, construct (in closed form) integrable bi-Hamiltonian systems of hydrodynamic type possessing this pair of compatible Poisson brackets of hydrodynamic type. The corresponding special canonical forms of metrics of constant Riemannian curvature are considered. A theory of special Liouville coordinates for Poisson brackets is developed. We prove that the classification of these compatible Poisson brackets is equivalent to the classification of special Liouville coordinates for Mokhov–Ferapontov brackets.     

Countably Periodic Gibbs Measures of the Ising Model on the Cayley Tree

We diagonalize the metric Hamiltonian and evaluate the energy spectrum of the corresponding quasiparticles for a scalar field coupled to a curvature in the case of an N-dimensional homogeneous isotropic space. The energy spectrum for the quasiparticles corresponding to the diagonal form of the canonical Hamiltonian is also evaluated. We construct a modified energy–momentum tensor with the following properties: for the conformal scalar field, it coincides with the metric energy–momentum tensor; the energies of the particles corresponding to its diagonal form are equal to the oscillator frequency; and the number of such particles created in a nonstationary metric is finite. We show that the Hamiltonian defined by the modified energy–momentum tensor can be obtained as the canonical Hamiltonian under a certain choice of variables.     

Normal almost contact metric structures of hyperbolic type of the first kind on hypersurfaces of a space of constant holomorphic curvature of hyperbolic type

We consider normal integrable Sasakian almost contact metric structures of hyperbolic type of the first kind on hypersurfaces of a space of constant holomorphic curvature of hyperbolic type, in particular, on hypersurfaces of a flat A-space of hyperbolic type.__________Translated from Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 22–32, January–March, 2005.Translated by V. Mackeviius     

The Webster scalar curvature flow on CR sphere. Part II

This is the second of two papers, in which we study the problem of prescribing Webster scalar curvature on the CR sphere as a given function f. Using the Webster scalar curvature flow, we prove an existence result under suitable assumptions on the Morse indices of f.     

Divergence properties of curvatures of a vector field and a family of surfaces

A representation in divergent form is given for the total curvature and mean curvature of a vector field.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 103–111, January, 1968.     

On the Webster Scalar Curvature Problem on the CR Sphere with a Cylindrical-Type Symmetry

By variational methods, for a kind of Webster scalar curvature problems on the CR sphere with cylindrically symmetric curvature, we construct some multi-peak solutions as the parameter is sufficiently small under certain assumptions. We also obtain the asymptotic behaviors of the solutions.     

Hypersurfaces with Prescribed Affine Gauss–Kronecker Curvature

We extend a procedure for solving particular fourth order PDEs by splitting them into two linked second order Monge–Ampère equations. We use this for the global study of Blaschke hypersurfaces with prescribed Gauss–Kronecker curvature.     

A Cartan–Hadamard Theorem for Banach–Finsler Manifolds

In this paper we study Banach–Finsler manifolds endowed with a spray which have seminegative curvature in the sense that the corresponding exponential function has a surjective expansive differential in every point. In this context we generalize the classical theorem of Cartan–Hadamard, saying that the exponential function is a covering map. We apply this to symmetric spaces and thus obtain criteria for Banach–Lie groups with an involution to have a polar decomposition. Typical examples of symmetric Finsler manifolds with seminegative curvature are bounded symmetric domains and symmetric cones endowed with their natural Finsler structure which in general is not Riemannian.     

On the geodesic curvature of an integral curve of a two-dimensional pfaffian manifold inE 4

The concept of generalized geodesic curvature is introduced along with the invariant mean geodesic curvature vector for a two-dimensional Pfaffian manifold inE ₄, and the indicatrix of generalized geodesic curvature of integral curves of this manifold is constructed.It is proved that the ratio of the fourth quadratic form of the manifold to its first fundamental form is equal to the square of the modulus of the generalized geodesic curvature vector, and an analog of a theorem of Euler is deduced.Translated from Ukrainskií Geometricheskií Sbornik, Issue 28, 1985, pp. 22–26.     

Algebraic prolongation and rigidity of Carnot groups

We discuss the known results on rigidity of Carnot groups using Tanaka’s prolongation theory. We also apply Tanaka’s theory to study rigidity of an extended class of H-type groups which we call J-type groups. In particular we obtain a rigidity criterion giving rise to a rigid class of J-type groups which includes the H-type groups, and thus extends the results of H.M. Reimann. We also construct a noncomplex J-type group which is nonrigid and does not satisfy the rank 1 condition over the reals.     

Rigidity Theorems for Complete Sasakian Manifolds with Constant Pseudo-Hermitian Scalar Curvature

The orthogonal decomposition of the Webster curvature provides us a way to characterize some canonical metrics on a pseudo-Hermitian manifold. We derive some subelliptic differential inequalities from the Weitzenböck formulas for the traceless pseudo-Hermitian Ricci tensor of Sasakian manifolds with constant pseudo-Hermitian scalar curvature and the Chern–Moser tensor of the Sasakian pseudo-Einstein manifolds, respectively. By means of either subelliptic estimates or maximum principle, some rigidity theorems are established to characterize Sasakian pseudo-Einstein manifolds among Sasakian manifolds with constant pseudo-Hermitian scalar curvature and Sasakian space forms among Sasakian pseudo-Einstein manifolds, respectively.     

Hardy-Sobolev extremals, hyperbolic symmetry and scalar curvature equations

We prove nondegeneracy of extremals for some Hardy-Sobolev-Maz'ya inequalities and present applications to scalar curvature-type problems, including the Webster scalar curvature equation in a cylindrically symmetric setting. The main theme is hyperbolic symmetry.     

Riemannian Geometry of Conical Singular Sets

In this paper, we study a class of singular Riemannian manifolds. The singular set itself is a smooth manifold with a cone-like neighborhood. By imposing a reasonable convergence condition on the metric, we can determine the local geometrical structure near the singular set. In general, the curvature near the singular set is unbounded. We prove that a bounded curvature assumption would have a strong implication on the geometrical and topological structures near the singular set. We also establish the Gauss–Bonnet–Chern formula, which can be applied to the study of singular Eistein 4-manifolds.     

A Gradient Estimate for the Ricci–Kähler Flow

We show that for a complete solution to theRicci–Kähler flow where the curvature, the potential andscalar curvature functions and their gradients are bounded depending ontime, the absolute value of both the scalar curvature and the gradientsquared of a modified potential function are bounded byC/t.     

The Webster scalar curvature revisited: the case of the three dimensional CR sphere

In this paper we consider the problem of prescribing the Webster scalar curvature on the three CR sphere of ${\mathbb{C}^{2}}$ . We use techniques related to the theory of critical points at infinity, and obtain existence results for curvature satisfying an assumption of Bahri?CCoron type.     

Some sufficient conditions for immersion in the large of metrics of positive curvature

It is proved that a regular Riemannian manifold diffeomorphic to a circle and having positive Gaussian curvature bounded from zero is immersible into a three-dimensional Euclidean space in the form of a regular surface if it has smallL _p (the norm of the gradient of Gaussian curvature), p > 2, or if it has a sufficiently small area (with any behavior of the geodesic boundary curvature).Translated from Ukrainskii Geometricheskii Sbornik, No. 34, pp. 51–59, 1991.     

The Yamabe Problem and Applications on Noncompact Complete Riemannian Manifolds

We let (M,g) be a noncompact complete Riemannian manifold of dimension n 3 whose scalar curvature S(x) is positive for all x in M. With an assumption on the Ricci curvature and scalar curvature at infinity, we study the behavior of solutions of the Yamabe equation on –u+[(n–2)/(4(n–1))]Su=qu ^{(n+2)/(n–2)} on (M,g). This study finds restrictions on the existence of an injective conformal immersion of (M,g) into any compact Riemannian n -manifold. We also show the existence of a complete conformal metric with constant positive scalar curvature on (M,g) with some conditions at infinity.     

Finite Topological Type and Volume Growth

We show that a complete noncompact n-dimensional Riemannian manifold Mwith Ricci curvature Ric _M –(n – 1) and conjugateradius conj _M c > 0 has finite topological type, provided that the volume growth of geodesic balls in M is not very far from that of the balls in an n-dimensional hyperbolic space H ⁿ (–1)of sectional curvature –1. We also show that a complete open Riemannian manifold M with nonnegative intermediate Ricci curvature and quadratic curvature decay has finite topological typeif the volume of geodesic balls of M around the base point grows slowly.