Let M be a compact embedded submanifold with parallel mean curvature vector and positive Ricci curvature in the unit sphere Sn+p (n≥ 2, p ≥ 1). By using the Sobolev inequalities of P. Li (1980) to Lp estimate for the square length σ of the second fundamental form and the norm of a tensor φ, related to the second fundamental form, we set up some rigidity theorems. Denote by ‖σ‖p the Lp norm of σ...

Efficient formulae of Ricci tensor for an arbitrary diagonal metric are presented.

We determine the isomorphism classes of symmetric symplectic manifolds of dimension at least 4 which are connected, simply-connected and have a curvature tensor which has only one non-vanishing irreducible component – the Ricci tensor.

We formulate natural conformally invariant conditions on a 4-manifold for the existence of a metric whose Schouten tensor satisfies a quadratic inequality. This inequality implies that the eigenvalues of the Ricci tensor are positively pinched.

We find a kind of variations of Gauss-Codazzi-Ricci equations suitable for Kaluza-Klein reduction and Cauchy problem. Especially the counterpart of extrinsic curvature tensor has antisymmetric part as well as symmetric one. If the dependence of metric tensor on reduced dimensions is negligible it becomes a pure antisymmetric tensor. PACS:03.70;11.15

We exhibit Walker manifolds of signature (2, 2) with various commutativity properties for the Ricci operator, the skew-symmetric curvature operator, and the Jacobi operator. If the Walker metric is a Riemannian extension of an underlying affine structure A, these properties are related to the Ricci tensor of A.