Nonzero degree tangential maps between dual symmetric spaces

Elements for a metric tangential calculus

The metric jets, introduced in the first chapter, generalize the jets (at order one) of Charles Ehresmann. In short, for a "good" map $f$ (said to be "tangentiable" at $a$), we define its metric jet tangent at $a$ (composed of all the maps which are locally lipschitzian at $a$ and tangent to $f$ at $a$) called the "tangential" of $f$ at $a$, and denoted T$f_a$ (the domain and codomain of $f$ being metric spaces). Furthermore, guided by the heuristic example of the metric jet T$f_a$, tangent to a map $f$ differentiable at $a$, which can be canonically represented by the unique continuous affine…

On submanifolds in locally symmetric spaces of noncompact type

Given a connected, compact, totally geodesic submanifold Y^m of noncompact type inside a compact locally symmetric space of noncompact type X^n, we provide a sufficient condition that ensures that [Y^m] is nonzero in H_m(X^n; R); in low dimensions, our condition is also necessary. We provide conditions under which there exist a tangential map of pairs from a finite cover (X-bar,Y-bar) to the nonnegatively curved duals (X_u,Y_u).

Dirac 特征值优化与到复射影空间的调和映射

Dirac Eigenvalue Optimisation and Harmonic Maps to Complex Projective Spaces

本文通过建立 Dirac 特征值临界度量与到复射影空间调和映射的联系，证明环面多类共形结构中平坦度量最小化首个非零 Dirac 特征值，并几何重证 Bär 球面定理。

Nonnegative Scalar Curvature and Area Decreasing Maps

Let $\big(M,g^{TM}\big)$ be a noncompact complete spin Riemannian manifold of even dimension $n$, with $k^{TM}$ denote the associated scalar curvature. Let $f\colon M\rightarrow S^{n}(1)$ be a smooth area decreasing map, which is locally constant near infinity and of nonzero degree. We show that if $k^{TM}\geq n(n-1)$ on the support of ${\rm d}f$, then $ \inf \big(k^{TM}\big)< 0$. This answers a question of Gromov. We use a simple deformation of the Dirac operator to prove the result. The odd dimensional analogue is also presented.

Nonlinear Hodge maps

We consider maps between Riemannian manifolds in which the map is a stationary point of the nonlinear Hodge energy. The variational equations of this functional form a quasilinear, nondiagonal, nonuniformly elliptic system which models certain kinds of compressible flow. Conditions are found under which singular sets of prescribed dimension cannot occur. Various degrees of smoothness are proven for the sonic limit, high-dimensional flow, and flow having nonzero vorticity. The gradient flow of solutions is estimated. Implications for other quasilinear field theories are suggested.

A note on the characteristic classes of negatively curved manifolds

We give conceptual proofs of some well known results concerning compact non-positively curved locally symmetric spaces. We discuss vanishing and non-vanishing of Pontrjagin numbers and Euler characteristics for these locally symmetric spaces. We also establish vanishing results for Stiefel-Whitney numbers of (finite covers of) the Gromov-Thurston examples of negatively curved manifolds. We mention some geometric corollaries: the MinVol question, a lower bound for degrees of covers having tangential maps to the non-negatively curved duals, and estimates for the complexity of some representation…