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In $\R^m\times\R^{n-m}$, endowed with coordinates $X=(x,y)$, we consider the PDE $$ -{\rm div} \big(\alpha(\x) |\nabla u(\X)|^{p(x)-2}\nabla u(\X)\big)=f(x,u(\X)).$$ We prove a geometric inequality and a symmetry result.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-08-14 Milena Chermisi , Enrico Valdinoci

In this paper we obtain an existence theorem for normal geodesics joining two given submanifolds in a globally hyperbolic stationary spacetime. The proof is based on both variational and geometric arguments involving the causal structure of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-01-12 Rossella Bartolo , Anna Maria Candela , Erasmo Caponio

This article presents a systematic way to solve for the Affine Connection in Metric-Affine Geometry. We start by adding to the Einstein-Hilbert action, a general action that is linear in the connection and its partial derivatives and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-25 Damianos Iosifidis

Building on the interplay between geometry and integrability, we show that F-manifolds with compatible connection $(\nabla,\circ,e)$ are the geometric counterpart of integrable systems of quasilinear first order evolutionary PDEs. We…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-09-10 Paolo Lorenzoni , Sara Perletti , Karoline van Gemst

Let $(M,g)$ be a $C^{\infty}$ compact, boudaryless connected manifold without conjugate points with quasi-convex universal covering and divergent geodesic rays. We show that the geodesic flow of $(M,g)$ is $C^{2}$-structurally stable from…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-11-23 Rafael Potrie , Rafael O. Ruggiero

In this paper, we try to generalize to the case of compact Riemannian orbifolds $Q$ some classical results about the existence of closed geodesics of positive length on compact Riemannian manifolds $M$. We shall also consider the problem of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 K. Guruprasad , A. Haefliger

For compact manifolds with infinite fundamental group we present sufficient topological or metric conditions ensuring the existence of two geometrically distinct closed geodesics. We also show how results about generic Riemannian metrics…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-08-30 Hans-Bert Rademacher , Iskander A. Taimanov

In this paper, we establish a sufficient condition for a geodesic in a Riemannian manifold to be homogeneous, i.e. an orbit of an $1$-parameter isometry group. As an application of this result, we provide a new proof of the fact that every…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-04-22 V. N. Berestovskii , Yu. G. Nikonorov

The main result of this article provides a characterization of reductive homogeneous spaces equipped with some geometric structure (non necessarily pseudo-Riemannian) in terms of the existence of certain connection. The result generalizes…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-08-20 J. L. Carmona Jimenez , M. Castrillon Lopez

Let $F$ be a compact orientable surface with nonempty boundary other than a disk. Let $L$ be a link in $F \times I$ with a connected weakly prime cellular alternating projection to $F$. We provide simple conditions that determine exactly…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Colin Adams , Joye Chen

We give several new criteria for a quasi-projective variety to be affine. In particular, we prove that an algebraic manifold $Y$ with dimension $n$ is affine if and only if $H^i(Y, \Omega^j_Y)=0$ for all $j\geq 0$, $i>0$ and $\kappa(D,…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jing Zhang

We prove that if $(M, g)$ is a compact Riemannian manifold with ergodic geodesic flow, and if $H \subset M$ is a smooth hypersurface satisfying a generic asymmetry condition with respect to the geodesic flow, then restrictions $\phi_j |_H$…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2013-05-17 J. A. Toth , S. Zelditch

We define the notion of affine rigidity of a hypergraph and prove a variety of fundamental results for this notion. First, we show that affine rigidity can be determined by the rank of a specific matrix which implies that affine rigidity is…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-08-14 Steven J. Gortler , Craig Gotsman , Ligang Liu , Dylan P. Thurston

In this article we extend results of Grove and Tanaka on the existence of isometry-invariant geodesics to the setting of Reeb flows and strict contactomorphisms. Specifically, we prove that if M is a closed connected manifold with the…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-20 Will J. Merry , Kathrin Naef

Let $G$ be a connected reductive group. We find a necessary and sufficient condition for a quasiaffine homogeneous space of $G$ to be embeddable into an irreducible $G$-module. In addition, for an affine homogeneous space we find a…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2010-06-03 Ivan V. Losev

We prove that simply connected open Riemannian manifolds of bounded geometry, linear growth and sublinear filling growth (e.g. finite filling area) are simply connected at infinity.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Louis Funar , Renata Grimaldi

We consider a family of $\alpha$-connections defined by a pair of generalized dual quasi-statistical connections $(\hat{\nabla},\hat{\nabla}^*)$ on the generalized tangent bundle $(TM\oplus T^*M, \check{h})$ and determine their curvature,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-04 Adara M. Blaga , Antonella Nannicini

Let M be a connection on a complex affine space with poles along a hyperplane. In this paper, we prove that the nearby cycles of Abbes and Saito's construction applied to M satisfy a linearity condition analogous to that obtained by Abbes…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2014-04-03 Jean-Baptiste Teyssier

In this article, we give multiple situations when having one or two geometrically distinct closed geodesics on a complete Riemannian cylinder $M\simeq S^1\times\mathbb{R}$ or a complete Riemannian plane $M\simeq\mathbb{R}^2$ leads to having…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-12-08 Simon Allais , Tobias Soethe

We give a full classification of general affine connections on Galilei manifolds in terms of independently specifiable tensor fields. This generalises the well-known case of (torsional) Galilei connections, i.e. connections compatible with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-11-20 Philip K. Schwartz