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A 1930s conjecture of Hopf states that an even-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold with positive sectional curvature has positive Euler characteristic. We prove this conjecture under the additional assumption that the isometry group has…

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We obtain a $C^1$-generic subset of the incompressible flows in a closed three-dimensional manifold where Pesin's entropy formula holds thus establishing the continuous-time version of \cite{T}. Moreover, in any compact manifold of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2010-02-12 Mario Bessa , Paulo Varandas

In this work, we obtain some existence results of Chern-Ricci Flows and the corresponding Potential Flows on complex manifolds with possibly incomplete initial data. We discuss the behaviour of the solution as $t\rightarrow 0$. These…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-08-16 Shaochuang Huang , Man-Chun Lee , Luen-Fai Tam

We prove the upper semicontinuity of the measure theoretic entropy for the geodesic flow on complete Riemannian manifolds without focal points and bounded sectional curvature. We then study the relationship between the escape of mass…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-04-26 Anibal Velozo

Given an exceptional compact simple Lie group $G$ we describe new left-invariant Einstein metrics which are not naturally reductive. In particular, we consider fibrations of $G$ over flag manifolds with a certain kind of isotropy…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-11-27 Ioannis Chrysikos , Yusuke Sakane

We present a geometric analysis of the incompressible averaged Euler equations for an ideal inviscid fluid. We show that solutions of these equations are geodesics on the volume-preserving diffeomorphism group of a new weak right invariant…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 J. E. Marsden , T. S. Ratiu , S. Shkoller

The geodesic Markov chain Monte Carlo method and its variants enable computation of integrals with respect to a posterior supported on a manifold. However, for regular integrals, the convergence rate of the ergodic average will be…

Methodology · Statistics 2018-10-16 Chris. J. Oates , Alessandro Barp , Mark Girolami

Consider the two-dimensional, incompressible Navier-Stokes equations on the torus We prove that the semigroup P_t generated by the solutions to stochastic Navier-stokes equations is asymptotically strong Feller. Moreover, we also prove that…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-04-23 Zhao Dong , Xuhui Peng

The article states that for every compact manifold M of dimension 4 or higher there is an area U in a set of smooth diffeomorphisms over M such that every map f from U has local maximal partially hyperbolic attractor and nonatomic ergodic…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2008-08-01 Max Nalsky

In this article we prove that for a $C^{1+\alpha}$ diffeomorphism on a compact Riemannian manifold, if there is a hyperbolic ergodic measure whose support is not uniformly hyperbolic, then the topological entropy of the set of irregular…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-11-17 Xiaobo Hou , Xueting Tian

Let $(M,\mathsf{g})$ be a connected and compact Riemannian manifold admitting an isometric action by a compact Lie group $G$ whose principal orbits have codimension one. We show that any $G$-invariant, smooth, and divergence-free vector…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Timothy Buttsworth , Max Orchard

We consider nilpotent Lie groups for which the derived subgroup is abelian. We equip them with subRiemannian metrics and we study the normal Hamiltonian flow on the cotangent bundle. We show a correspondence between normal trajectories and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-25 Alejandro Bravo-Doddoli , Enrico Le Donne , Nicola Paddeu

We prove topological transitivity for the Weil Petersson geodesic flow for two-dimensional moduli spaces of hyperbolic structures. Our proof follows a new approach that exploits the density of singular unit tangent vectors, the geometry of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2009-10-05 Mark Pollicott , Howard Weiss , Scott A. Wolpert

We consider magnetic flows on 2-step nilmanifolds $M = \Gamma \backslash G$, where the Riemannian metric $g$ and the magnetic field $\sigma$ are left-invariant. Our first result is that when $\sigma$ represents a rational cohomology class…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-12-09 Jonathan Epstein

This paper introduces a class of polynomial maps in Euclidean spaces, investigates the conditions under which there exist Smale horseshoes and uniformly hyperbolic invariant sets, studies the chaotic dynamical behavior and strange…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-08-24 Xu Zhang

Master character of the multidimensional homogeneous Euler equation is discussed. It is shown that under restrictions to the lower dimensions certain subclasses of its solutions provide us with the solutions of various hydrodynamic type…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2021-05-26 B. G. Konopelchenko , G. Ortenzi

For a complete connected Riemannian manifold $M$ let $V\in C^2(M)$ be such that $\mu(d x)={\rm e}^{-V(x)} \mbox{vol}(d x)$ is a probability measure on $M$. Taking $\mu$ as reference measure, we derive inequalities for probability measures…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-10-19 Li-Juan Cheng , Feng-Yu Wang , Anton Thalmaier

We construct non-vanishing steady solutions to the Euler equations (for some metric) with analytic Bernoulli function in each three-manifold where they can exist: graph manifolds. Using the theory of integrable systems, any admissible…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-04-07 Robert Cardona

We establish the existence and uniqueness of some smooth accelerating transonic flows governed by the three dimensional steady compressible Euler equations with an external force in cylinders with arbitrary cross sections, which include…

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