Connectedness of efficient solution sets for set-valued maps in normed spaces

In vector optimization, the topological properties of the set of efficient solutions are of interest. Several authors have studied this topic for point-valued functions. In this paper, we study the connectedness of the efficient solution sets in convex vector optimization for set-valued maps in normed spaces.The author would like to thank Professor W. T. Fu for helpful discussions concerning Theorem 3.1 and other valuable comments. Moreover, the author is grateful to Professor H. P. Benson and three referees for valuable remarks and suggestions concerning a previous draft of this paper.     

New minimax inequality with applications to existence theorems of equilibrium points

A new minimax inequality is proved on a set which is the union of an increasing sequence of compact convex sets in a topological vector space. As applications, several existence theorems of equilibrium points for different games are obtained.The authors would like to thank the referees for their helpful suggestions.     

Generalized quasiconvexities,cone saddle points,and minimax theorem for vector-valued functions

We establish the following theorems: (i) an existence theorem for weak type generalized saddle points; (ii) an existence theorem for strong type generalized saddle points; (iii) a generalized minimax theorem for a vector-valued function. These theorems are generalizations and extensions of the author's recent results. For such extensions, we propose new concepts of convexity and continuity of vector-valued functions, which are weaker than ordinary ones. Some of the proofs are based on a few key observations and also on the Browder coincidence theorem or the Tychonoff fixed-point theorem. Also, the minimax theorem follows from the existence theorem for weak type generalized saddle points. The main spaces with mathematical structures considered are real locally convex spaces and real ordered topological vector spaces.This paper is dedicated to Professor Kensuke Tanaka on his sixtieth birthday.This paper was written when the author was a visitor at the Department of Mathematical Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan. The author is indebted to Prof. K. Tanaka for suggesting this work.The author is very grateful to Prof. P. L. Yu for his useful encouragement and suggestions and to the referees for their valuable suggestions and comments.     

The dimension of leaf closures of K-contact flows

For K-contact flows on (2n+1)-dimensional compact manifolds, we show that the dimension of any leaf closure is at most the smaller of (n+1) and 2n+1) minus the rank of the vector space of harmonic vector fields.     

Partition Lattice q-Analogs Related to q-Stirling Numbers

We construct a family of partially ordered sets (posets) that are q-analogs of the set partition lattice. They are different from the q-analogs proposed by Dowling [5]. One of the important features of these posets is that their Whitney numbers of the first and second kind are just the q-Stirling numbers of the first and second kind, respectively. One member of this family [4] can be constructed using an interpretation of Milne [9] for S[n, k] as sequences of lines in a vector space over the Galois field F _q. Another member is constructed so as to mirror the partial order in the subspace lattice.     

Standard pseudo-Hermitian structure on manifolds and seifert fibration

A strictly pseudoconvex pseudo-Hermitian manifoldM admits a canonical Lorentz metric as well as a canonical Riemannian metric. Using these metrics, we can define a curvaturelike function onM. AsM supports a contact form, there exists a characteristic vector field dual to the contact structure. If induces a local one-parameter group ofCR transformations, then a strictly pseudoconvex pseudo-Hermitian manifoldM is said to be a standard pseudo-Hermitian manifold. We study topological and geometric properties of standard pseudo-Hermitian manifolds of positive curvature or of nonpositive curvature . By the definition, standard pseudo-Hermitian manifolds are calledK-contact manifolds by Sasaki. In particular, standard pseudo-Hermitian manifolds of constant curvature turn out to be Sasakian space forms. It is well known that a conformally flat manifold contains a class of Riemannian manifolds of constant curvature. A sphericalCR manifold is aCR manifold whose Chern-Moser curvature form vanishes (equivalently, Weyl pseudo-conformal curvature tensor vanishes). In contrast, it is emphasized that a sphericalCR manifold contains a class of standard pseudo-Hermitian manifolds of constant curvature (i.e., Sasakian space forms). We shall classify those compact Sasakian space forms. When 0, standard pseudo-Hermitian closed aspherical manifolds are shown to be Seifert fiber spaces. We consider a deformation of standard pseudo-Hermitian structure preserving a sphericalCR structure.Dedicated to Professor Sasao Seiya for his sixtieth birthday     

关于3维Minkowski空间中类空曲面的若干结果

在本文，我们证明２维黎曼流形能实现为Ｌ３中的类空极大曲面的充要条件是相应的Ｒｉｃｃｉ条件成立，此外还确定了Ｌ３中其平均曲率向量ｈ满足条件△ｈ＝λｈ（λ∈Ｒ）的类空曲面     

自然光照下偏振度图像的获取方法

用光电耦合器件（CCD）获取物体表面反射光的偏振信息，对其进行分析和计算，合成了反映物体表面状态的偏振度图像．在实验室条件下，得到了几组不同物体表面各像点的偏振度，并获得了合成的偏振度图像，结果表明：在普通图像中灰度值之比约为1的两种物体，在偏振度图像中灰度值之比接近2．利用该偏振度图像可以区分普通图像难以区分的不同物体，可应用于军事目标识别与遥感目标识别领域．     

集值映射下一类广义向量均衡问题解的存在性

研究集值映射下一类广义向量均衡问题,通过建立一种新的弱半连续及类凸的概念,引进集值映射下推广的Minty引理,利用KKM定理讨论了广义向量均衡问题解的存在性。     

基于相移偏折法的高反射表面面形测量技术

利用单相机所采集的图像实现了对光滑高反射表面面形的直接检测.首先利用相机获取参考平面在标准平面镜中的镜像,然后通过参考平面上的点与归一化成像平面上图像点之间的密集折返对应关系,求得待测镜面的深度距离,从而实现对高反射表面面形的测量.通过光线追迹将该测量过程转化为求解物空间中关于两对应光线束之间的相交问题.以相位为载体获取面形梯度分布,求得该表面的法向量场,并求解相应的反射光线束.通过光线追迹对该光线束与相应入射光线束求“交点”检测高反射表面.对标准平面镜进行实验检测,测量得到的面形平面度为0.19 mm.采用传统方法与本文所提方法对汽车后视镜进行检测,所得检测结果对应点之间的平均距离为0.15 mm,验证了本文方法检测镜面面形的有效性.