On a sub-supersolution method for the prescribed mean curvature problem

The paper is about a sub-supersolution method for the prescribed mean curvature problem. We formulate the problem as a variational inequality and propose appropriate concepts of sub-and supersolutions for such inequality. Existence and enclosure results for solutions and extremal solutions between sub-and supersolutions are established.     

The affine Plateau problem

In this paper, we study a second order variational problem for locally convex hypersurfaces, which is the affine invariant analogue of the classical Plateau problem for minimal surfaces. We prove existence, regularity and uniqueness results for hypersurfaces maximizing affine area under appropriate boundary conditions.

     

Total curvatures of geodesic spheres associated to quadratic curvature invariants

Total scalar curvatures of geodesic spheres obtained by integrating the second-order scalar invariants of the curvature tensor are investigated. The first terms in their power-series expansions are derived and these results are used to characterize the two-point homogeneous spaces among Riemannian manifolds with adapted holonomy. Dedicated to Professor L. VanheckeMathematics Subject Classification (2000) 53C25, 53C30     

Absolute continuity of Wasserstein geodesics in the Heisenberg group

In this paper we answer to a question raised by Ambrosio and Rigot [L. Ambrosio, S. Rigot, Optimal mass transportation in the Heisenberg group, J. Funct. Anal. 208 (2) (2004) 261-301] proving that any interior point of a Wasserstein geodesic in the Heisenberg group is absolutely continuous if one of the end-points is. Since our proof relies on the validity of the so-called Measure Contraction Property and on the fact that the optimal transport map exists and the Wasserstein geodesic is unique, the absolute continuity of Wasserstein geodesic also holds for Alexandrov spaces with curvature bounded from below.     

参数曲线的全局凸性判别条件

基于平面曲线的二次微商,导出了二重点的判别条件,结合参数曲线的局部凸性条件,得到了参数闭曲线的充要条件。给出了参数曲线的拐点判别条件,从而得到了参数曲线局部凸的充要条件。     

Integral formula of Minkowski type and new characterization of the Wulff shape

Given a positive function F on S^n which satisfies a convexity condition, we introduce the r-th anisotropic mean curvature Mr for hypersurfaces in R^n＋1 which is a generalization of the usual r-th mean curvature Hr. We get integral formulas of Minkowski type for compact hypersurfaces in R^n＋1. We give some new characterizations of the Wulff shape by the use of our integral formulas of Minkowski type, in case F=1 which reduces to some well-known results.     

Solutions for the prescribing mean curvature equation

By variational methods, for a kind of Yamabe problem whose scalar curvature vanishes in the unit ball BN and on the boundary S^N-1 the mean curvature is prescribed, we construct multi-peak solutions whose maxima are located on the boundary as the parameter tends to 0^＋ under certain assumptions. We also obtain the asymptotic behaviors of the solutions.     

Adaptive nonmonotone line search method for unconstrained optimization

In this paper, an adaptive nonmonotone line search method for unconstrained minimization problems is proposed. At every iteration, the new algorithm selects only one of the two directions: a Newton-type direction and a negative curvature direction, to perform the line search. The nonmonotone technique is included in the backtracking line search when the Newton-type direction is the search direction. Furthermore, if the negative curvature direction is the search direction, we increase the steplength under certain conditions. The global convergence to a stationary point with second-order optimality conditions is established. Some numerical results which show the efficiency of the new algorithm are reported.      

The structure of some classes of <Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis>-contact manifolds

We study projective curvature tensor in K-contact and Sasakian manifolds. We prove that (1) if a K-contact manifold is quasi projectively flat then it is Einstein and (2) a K-contact manifold is ξ-projectively flat if and only if it is Einstein Sasakian. Necessary and sufficient conditions for a K-contact manifold to be quasi projectively flat and φ-projectively flat are obtained. We also prove that for a (2n + 1)-dimensional Sasakian manifold the conditions of being quasi projectively flat, φ-projectively flat and locally isometric to the unit sphere S ²ⁿ⁺¹ (1) are equivalent. Finally, we prove that a compact φ-projectively flat K-contact manifold with regular contact vector field is a principal S ¹-bundle over an almost Kaehler space of constant holomorphic sectional curvature 4.