On Minimal Hypersurfaces of a Unit Sphere

Minimal compact hypersurface in the unit sphere Sn+1 having squared length of shape operator A2<n are totally geodesic and with A2=n are Clifford hypersurfaces. Therefore, classifying totally geodesic hypersurfaces and Clifford hypersurfaces has importance in geometry of compact minimal hypersurfaces in Sn+1. One finds a naturally induced vector field w called the associated vector field and a smooth function ρ called support function on the hypersurface M of Sn+1. It is shown that a necessary and sufficient condition for a minimal compact hypersurface M in S5 to be totally geodesic is that the support function ρ is a non-trivial solution of static perfect fluid equation. Additionally, this result holds for minimal compact hypersurfaces in Sn+1, (n>2), provided the scalar curvature τ is a constant on integral curves of w. Yet other classification of totally geodesic hypersurfaces among minimal compact hypersurfaces in Sn+1 is obtained using the associated vector field w an eigenvector of rough Laplace operator. Finally, a characterization of Clifford hypersurfaces is found using an upper bound on the integral of Ricci curvature in the direction of the vector field Aw.

On Weak Super Ricci Flow through Neckpinch

In this article, we study the Ricci flow neckpinch in the context of metric measure spaces. We introduce the notion of a Ricci flow metric measure spacetime and of a weak (refined) super Ricci flow associated to convex cost functions (cost functions which are increasing convex functions of the distance function). Our definition of a weak super Ricci flow is based on the coupled contraction property for suitably defined diffusions on maximal diffusion subspaces. In our main theorem, we show that if a non-degenerate spherical neckpinch can be continued beyond the singular time by a smooth forward evolution then the corresponding Ricci flow metric measure spacetime through the singularity is a weak super Ricci flow for a (and therefore for all) convex cost functions if and only if the single point pinching phenomenon holds at singular times; i.e., if singularities form on a finite number of totally geodesic hypersurfaces of the form {x} × 𝕊 n . We also show the spacetime is a refined weak super Ricci flow if and only if the flow is a smooth Ricci flow with possibly singular final time.

On the geometrical properties of hypercomplex four-dimensional Lie groups

In this paper, we first classify Einstein-like metrics on hypercomplex four-dimensional Lie groups. Then we obtain the exact form of all harmonic maps on these spaces. We also calculate the energy of an arbitrary left-invariant vector field X on these spaces and determine all critical points for their energy functional restricted to vector fields of the same length. Furthermore, we give a complete and explicit description of all totally geodesic hypersurfaces of these spaces. The existence of Einstein hypercomplex four-dimensional Lie groups and the non-existence of non-trivial left-invariant Ricci and Yamabe solitons on these spaces are also proved.

On a property of W4-manifolds

The properties of almost Hermitian manifolds belonging to the Gray — Hervella class W4 are considered. The almost Hermitian manifolds of this class were studied by such outstanding geometers like Alfred Gray, Izu Vaisman, and Vadim Feodorovich Kirichenko. Using the Cartan structural equations of an almost contact metric structure induced on an arbitrary oriented hypersurface of a W4-manifold, some results on totally umbilical and totally geodesic hypersurfaces of W4-manifolds are presented. It is proved that the quasi-Sasakian structure induced on a totally umbilical hypersurface of a W4-manifold is either homothetic to a Sasakian structure or cosymplectic. Moreover, the quasi-Sasakian structure is cosymplectic if and only if the hypersurface is a to­tally geodesic submanifold of the considered W4-manifold. From the present result it immediately follows that the quasi-Sasakian structure induced on a totally umbilical hypersurface of a locally confor­mal Kählerian (LCK-) manifold also is either homothetic to a Sasakian structure or cosymplectic.

On six-dimensional Vaisman — Gray submanifolds of the octave algebra

The W1 W4 class of almost Hermitian manifolds (in accordance with the Gray — Hervella classification) is usually named as the class of Vaisman — Gray manifolds. This class contains all Kählerian, nearly Kählerian and locally conformal Kählerian manifolds. As it is known, Vaisman — Gray manifolds are invariant under the conformal transformations of the metric. A criterion in the terms of the configuration tensor for an arbitrary six-dimensional submanifold of Cayley algebra to belong to the Vaisman — Gray class of almost Hermitian manifolds is established. The Cartan structural equations of the almost contact metric structures induced on oriented hypersurfaces of six-dimensional Vaisman — Gray submanifolds of the octave algebra are obtained. It is proved that totally geodesic hypersurfaces of six-dimensional Vaisman — Gray submanifolds of Cayley algebra admit nearly cosymplectic structures (or Endo structures). This result is a generalization of the previously proved fact that totally geodesic hypersurfaces of nearly Kählerian manifolds also admit nearly cosymplectic structures.