We prove the Finsler analog of the conformal Lichnerowicz-Obata conjecture showing that a complete and essential conformal vector field on a non-Riemannian Finsler manifold is a homothetic vector field of a Minkowski metric.
Let T ∈ L(E)ⁿ be a commuting tuple of bounded linear operators on a complex Banach space E and let be the non-essential spectrum of T. We show that, for each connected component M of the manifold of all smooth points of , there is a number p ∈ 0, ..., n such that, for each point z ∈ M, the dimensions of the cohomology groups grow at least like the sequence with d = dim M.
We show that a free graded commutative Banach algebra over a (purely odd) Banach space is a Banach-Grassmann algebra in the sense of Jadczyk and Pilch if and only if is infinite-dimensional. Thus, a large amount of new examples of separable Banach-Grassmann algebras arise in addition to the only one example previously known due to A. Rogers.
We study one of the open problems in Finsler geometry presented by Matsumoto-Shimada in 1977, about the existence of a concrete P-reducible metric, i.e. one which is not C-reducible. In order to do this, we study a class of Finsler metrics, called generalized P-reducible metrics, which contains the class of P-reducible metrics. We prove that every generalized P-reducible (α,β)-metric with vanishing S-curvature reduces to a Berwald metric or a C-reducible metric. It follows that there is no concrete...
We consider two spectral triples related to the Kronecker foliation. The corresponding generalized Dirac operators are constructed from first and second order signature operators. Furthermore, we consider the differential calculi corresponding to these spectral triples. In one case, the calculus has a description in terms of generators and relations, in the other case it is an "almost free" calculus.
Let A be a unital C*-algebra. Denote by P the space of selfadjoint projections of A. We study the relationship between P and the spaces of projections determined by the different involutions induced by positive invertible elements a ∈ A. The maps sending p to the unique with the same range as p and sending q to the unitary part of the polar decomposition of the symmetry 2q-1 are shown to be diffeomorphisms. We characterize the pairs of idempotents q,r ∈ A with ||q-r|| < 1 such that...
On the unit sphere in a real Hilbert space , we derive a binary operation such that is a power-associative Kikkawa left loop with two-sided identity , i.e., it has the left inverse, automorphic inverse, and properties. The operation is compatible with the symmetric space structure of . is not a loop, and the right translations which fail to be injective are easily characterized. satisfies the left power alternative and left Bol identities “almost everywhere” but not everywhere....
The paper discusses some aspects of Gromov’s theory of gluing complex discs to Lagrangian manifolds.