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Let $\mu$ be a finitely supported probability measure on the group of automorphisms of $\mathbb{A}^2_\mathbb{C}$. If the group generated by the support of $\mu$ is non-elementary and contains only loxodromic elements, we show the existence…

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We propose a new approach to the study of compact Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature and strictly convex boundary or positive Ricci curvature and convex boundary. Several conjectures are formulated. Some partial results…

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Motivated by a question of Rubel, we consider the problem of characterizing which noncompact hypersurfaces in $\RR^n$ can be regular level sets of a harmonic function modulo a $C^\infty$ diffeomorphism, as well as certain generalizations to…

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