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We prove a Simons type formula for submanifolds with parallel mean curvature vector field in product spaces of type $M^n(c)\times\mathbb{R}$, where $M^n(c)$ is a space form with constant sectional curvature $c$, and then we use it to…

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We make some elementary observations concerning subcritically Stein fillable contact structures on 5-manifolds. Specifically, we determine the diffeomorphism type of such contact manifolds in the case the fundamental group is finite cyclic,…

Steiner symmetrization along n linearly independent directions transforms every compact subset of R^n into a set of finite perimeter.

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We consider a product of fundamental crystals in monomial realization of type A. Then we shall show that the product holds crystal structure and describe how it is decomposed into irreducible crystals, which is, in general, different from…

We prove that a Stein manifold admits a closed holomorphic 1-form without zeros in every class of the first cohomology group. We also prove an approximation result for closed holomorphic 1-forms without zeros defined in a neighborhood of a…

We consider a product of fundamental crystals of type $C_n$ in monomial realization, where the product means a natural product of Laurent monomials, not a tensor product. Then we shall show that the product still holds a crystal structure…

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