The structure of pseudo-holomorphic subvarieties for a degenerate almost complex structure and symplectic form on .
Let J(n) be the hyperspace of all centrally symmetric compact convex bodies , n ≥ 2, for which the ordinary Euclidean unit ball is the ellipsoid of maximal volume contained in A (the John ellipsoid). Let be the complement of the unique O(n)-fixed point in J(n). We prove that: (1) the Banach-Mazur compactum BM(n) is homeomorphic to the orbit space J(n)/O(n) of the natural action of the orthogonal group O(n) on J(n); (2) J(n) is an O(n)-AR; (3) is an Eilenberg-MacLane space ; (4) is noncontractible;...
By a twisted product of Sⁿ we mean a closed, 1-connected 2n-manifold M whose integral cohomology ring is isomorphic to that of Sⁿ × Sⁿ, n ≥ 3. We list all such spaces that have the fixed point property.
A proof is given of the fact that the real projective plane has the Wecken property, i.e. for every selfmap , the minimum number of fixed points among all selfmaps homotopic to f is equal to the Nielsen number N(f) of f.
A link L in S3 is universal if every closed, orientable 3-manifold is a covering of S3 branched over L. Thurston [1] proved that universal links exist and he asked if there is a universal knot, and also if the Whitehead link and the Figure-eight knot are universal. In [2], [3] we answered the first question by constructing a universal knot. The purpose of this paper is to prove that the Whitehead link and the Borromean rings, among others, are universal. The question about the Figure-eight knot...