Invariant methods in classical differential geometry

Classical Differential Geometry

Convex Solutions of Elliptic Differential Equations in Classical Differential Geometry

The issue of convexity is fundamental in the theory of partial differential equations. We discuss some recent progress of convexity estimates for solutions of nonlinear elliptic equations arising from some classical problems in differential geometry. We first review some works in the literature on the convexity of solutions of quasilinear elliptic equations in Rn. The study of geometric propert...

Recurrent metrics in the geometry of second order differential equations

Given a pair (semispray $S$, metric $g$) on a tangent bundle, the family of nonlinear connections $N$ such that $g$ is recurrent with respect to $(S, N)$ with a fixed recurrent factor is determined by using the Obata tensors. In particular, we obtain a characterization for a pair $(N, g)$ to be recurrent as well as for the triple $(S, stackrel{c}{N}, g)$ where $stackrel{c}{N}$ is the canonical ...

Classical and Fuzzy Differential Methods in Shape Analysis

This study considers four means of defining differential operators for extracting local aspects of shape in ill-specified environments: fuzzy differentiation as kernel smoothing; differentiation in the sense of weak or generalized derivatives; differentiation for fuzzy functions between normed spaces; and fuzzy differentiation for mappings between fuzzy manifolds. More consideration is given to...

Transcending Classical Invariant Theory

Let SP2n(R) = SP2n = Sp be the real symplectic group of rank n. Let Sp denote the two-fold cover of Sp. There is a unitary representation, constructed by Shale [Sh] and Weil [WA], of Sp that is of considerable interest in the theory of automorphic forms. We denote this representation by wand call it the oscillator representation. The purpose of this paper is to establish about w a fact that sho...