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Symmetric hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature are spheres.

The Hopf Lemma for second order elliptic operators is proved to hold in domains with $C^{1,α}$, and even less regular, boundaries. It need not hold for $C^1$ boundaries. Corresponding results are proved for second order parabolic operators.

The paper concerns singular solutions of nonlinear elliptic equations, which include removable singularities for viscosity solutions, a strengthening of the Hopf Lemma including parabolic equations, Strong maximum principle and Hopf Lemma for viscosity solutions including also parabolic equations.

In [1], Theorem 3, the authors proved, in one dimension, a generalization of the Hopf Lemma, and the question arose if it could be extended to higher dimensions. In this paper we present two conjectures as possible extensions, and give a very partial answer. We write this paper to call attention to the problem.

The paper establishes a version of the Hopf boundary point lemma for sections of a vector bundle over a manifold with boundary. This result may be viewed as a counterpart to the tensor maximum principle obtained by R. Hamilton in 1986. Potential applications include the study of various geometric flows and the construc…

Establishes a lower bound for Kähler-Einstein distance on certain domains.

We prove a sharp version of the Hopf boundary point lemma for Black-Scholes type equations. We also investigate the existence and the regularity of the spatial derivative of the solutions at the spatial boundary.

A classical result of A.D. Alexandrov states that a connected compact smooth $n-$dimensional manifold without boundary, embedded in $\Bbb R^{n+1}$, and such that its mean curvature is constant, is a sphere. Here we study the problem of symmetry of $M$ in a hyperplane $X_{n+1}=$constant in case $M$ satisfies: for any tw…

We generalize a theorem by J. Choe on capillary surfaces for arbitrary 3-dimensional spaces of constant curvature. The main tools in this paper are an extension of a theorem of H. Hopf due to S.-S. Chern and two index lemmas by J. Choe.

We give a classification of quadratic harmonic morphisms between Euclidean spaces (Theorem 2.4) after proving a Rank Lemma. We also find a correspondence between umbilical (Definition 2.7) quadratic harmonic morphisms and Clifford systems. In the case ${\Bbb R}^{4}\longrightarrow {\Bbb R}^{3}$, we determine all quadr…

We survey generalisations of the Chang-Skjelbred Lemma for integral coefficients. Moreover, we construct examples of manifolds with actions of tori of rank > 2 whose equivariant cohomology is torsion-free, but not free. This answers a question of Allday's. The "mutants" we construct are obtained from compactified repre…

The paper develops a theory of conformal density at infinity for groups with contracting elements.

In this paper we will investigate the global properties of complete Hilbert manifolds with upper and lower bounded sectional curvature. We shall prove the Focal Index Lemma that we will allow us to extend some classical results of finite dimensional Riemannian geometry such as Rauch and Berger Theorems and the Topogono…

The usual Gromoll-Meyer's generalized Morse lemma near degenerate critical points on Hilbert spaces, so called splitting lemma, is stated for at least $C^2$-smooth functionals. In this paper we establish a splitting theorem and a shifting theorem for a class of continuously directional differentiable functionals (lower…

The paper generalizes Sperner's lemma to higher dimensions and calculates a new invariant.

New moving plane method for varifolds promotes smoothness from boundary to interior.

The Gromoll-Meyer's generalized Morse lemma (so called splitting lemma) near degenerate critical points on Hilbert spaces, which is one of key results in infinite dimensional Morse theory, is usually stated for at least $C^2$-smooth functionals. It obstructs one using Morse theory to study most of variational problems …

We study entire continuous viscosity solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations involving the conformal Hessian. We prove the strong comparison principle and Hopf Lemma for (non-uniformly) elliptic equations when one of the competitors is $C^{1,1}$. We obtain as a consequence a Liouville theorem for entire solutio…

Study of $f$-neighbors in Riemannian manifolds, proving infinite set of distances.

For a connected $n$-dimensional compact smooth hypersurface $M$ without boundary embedded in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, a classical result of Aleksandrov shows that it must be a sphere if it has constant mean curvature. Li and Nirenberg studied a one-directional analog of this result: if every pair of points $(x',a), (x',b)\i…

The Complex Axis theorem states that any endomorphism of a finite-dimensional complex vector space affords an eigen-vector (or "invariant axis"). A geometric proof of this geometric result was given by A. de Medeiros, transforming the endomorphism into a topological self-map with Lefschetz number not equal to zero. We …

New theorem connects distant points and identical points on manifolds.

We develop a geometric approach to stable homotopy groups of spheres in the spirit of the work of Pontrjagin and Rokhlin. A new proof of the Hopf Invariant One Theorem by J.F.Adams is obtained in all dimensions except 15 and 31. To prove that the stable Hopf invariant H: Π_n \to Z/2 vanishes for n>31, we apply methods …

Explains the Schwarz lemma in lecture notes.

Author provides an alternate proof of the free ribbon lemma.

The paper extends Schwarz's lemma to RC-positivity and complex manifolds.

Survey on strong closing lemmas in Hamiltonian dynamics.

Unified Schwarz lemma in Kähler and Hermitian geometry.

Paper generalizes Schwarz Lemma for VT harmonic maps with conditions.

Formulates Index III lemma and Rauch III theorem with applications.

New Schwarz Lemma for Bergman metrics in bounded domains.

Tucker and Ky Fan's lemma are combinatorial analogs of the Borsuk-Ulam theorem (BUT). In 1996, Yu. A. Shashkin proved a version of Fan's lemma, which is a combinatorial analog of the odd mapping theorem (OMT). We consider generalizations of these lemmas for BUT-manifolds, i.e. for manifolds that satisfy BUT. Proofs rel…

Paper proves a discrete Schwarz-Pick lemma for generalized circle packings.

The paper improves Zakalyukin's lemma for frontals and applies it to surface singularities.

Non-linear Hopf manifolds can be embedded into linear ones and admit LCK metrics.

Meridian lemma extended to fully alternating links in thickened surfaces.

Proves a quantitative closing lemma for negatively curved manifolds.

Paper generalizes Schwarz lemma for harmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds.

Extends Margulis Lemma to RCD(K,N) spaces.

Analyses cohomology relations for moving frames and coframes.

We prove weak and strong maximum principles, including a Hopf lemma, for smooth subsolutions to equations defined by linear, second-order, partial differential operators whose principal symbols vanish along a portion of the domain boundary. The boundary regularity property of the smooth subsolutions along this boundary…

For a symplectic manifold $(M,ω)$, not necessarily hard Lefschetz, we prove a version of the Merkulov $dδ$--lemma. We also study the $dδ$--lemma and related cohomologies for compact symplectic solvmanifolds.

The paper characterizes when the $\partial \overline{\partial}$-lemma holds for twistor spaces.

Positive representations on surfaces have positive cross-ratios and satisfy a collar lemma.

We associate to each infinite primitive Lie pseudogroup a Hopf algebra of `transverse symmetries', by refining a procedure due to Connes and the first author in the case of the general pseudogroup. The affiliated Hopf algebra can be viewed as a `quantum group' counterpart of the infinite-dimensional primitive Lie algeb…

Proves a generalized Whitehead cut vertex lemma for tree groups.

Automorphism groups of Hopf manifolds are finite and have a bounded order.

Proves a general ∂∂̄-lemma and applies it to a Fujino conjecture.