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Characterizes certain Kähler manifolds with doubly-warped product structures.

In this note we present various extensions of Obata's rigidity theorem concerning the Hessian of a function on a Riemannian manifold. They include general rigidity theorems for the generalized Obata equation, and hyperbolic and Euclidean analogs of Obata's theorem. Besides analyzing the full rigidity case we also chara…

In a complete Riemannian manifold $(M, g)$ if the hessian of a real valued function satisfies some suitable conditions then it restricts the geometry of $(M, g)$. In this paper we characterize all compact rank-1 symmetric spaces, as those Riemannian manifolds $(M, g)$ admitting a real valued function $u$ such that the …

Abstract: Characterizes special Kähler manifolds with specific properties.

We study invariant metrics on Ledger-Obata spaces $F^m/\mathrm{diag}(F)$. We give the classification and an explicit construction of all naturally reductive metrics, and also show that in the case $m=3$, any invariant metric is naturally reductive. We prove that a Ledger-Obata space is a geodesic orbit space if and onl…

Inspired by the Lichnerowicz-Obata theorem for the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian, we define a new family of invariants $\{Ω_k(g)\}$ for closed Riemannian manifolds. The value of $Ω_k(g)$ delicately reflects the spherical part of the manifold. Indeed, $Ω_1(g)$ and $Ω_2(g)$ characterize the standard sphere.

Study on holonomy of Obata connection on specific nilmanifolds.

Paper generalizes CR Obata theorem to weighted Sasakian manifolds.

Study new Einstein-like metrics and their properties.

In this paper, we study invariant Einstein metrics on Ledger-Obata spaces $F^m/\operatorname{diag}(F)$. In particular, we classify invariant Einstein metrics on $F^4/\operatorname{diag}(F)$ and estimate the number of invariant Einstein metrics on general Ledger-Obata spaces $F^{m}/\operatorname{diag}(F)$.

A hypercomplex structure on a smooth manifold is a triple of integrable almost complex structures satisfying quaternionic relations. The Obata connection is the unique torsion-free connection that preserves each of the complex structures. The holonomy group of the Obata connection is contained in $GL(n, \mathbb{H})$. T…

Study on holonomy of Obata connection on Joyce hypercomplex manifolds.

In this paper, we generalize the CR Obata theorem to a compact strictly pseudoconvex CR manifold with a weighted volume measure. More precisely, we first derive the weighted CR Reilly's formula associated with the Witten sub-Laplacian and obtain the corresponding first eigenvalue estimate. With its applications, we obt…

Study $π$-equigeodesic vectors in homogeneous fibrations.

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.

Solves a conjecture using a new formula on conformally Einstein manifolds.

The paper examines rigidity results for manifolds satisfying specific curvature equations.

We report on some aspects and recent progress in certain problems in the sub-Riemannian CR and quaternionic contact (QC) geometries. The focus are the corresponding Yamabe problems on the round spheres, the Lichnerowicz-Obata first eigenvalue estimates, and the relation between these two problems. A motivation from the…

We discuss a sharp lower bound for the first positive eigenvalue of the sublaplacian on a closed, strictly pseudoconvex pseudo-hermitian manifold of dimension $2m+1\geq 5$. We prove that the equality holds iff the manifold is equivalent to the CR sphere up to a scaling. The essential step is a characterization of the C…

I prove the two-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian version of the projective Obata conjecture stating that on a closed manifold different from the round sphere every projective (i.e., geodesic-preserving) vector field is Killing.

We prove the classical Yano-Obata conjecture by showing that the connected component of the group of holomorph-projective transformations of a closed, connected Riemannian Kähler manifold consists of isometries unless the metric has constant positive holomorphic curvature.

We study the Obata equation with Robin boundary condition $\frac{\partial f}{\partial ν}+af=0$ on manifolds with boundary, where $a \in \mathbb{R}\setminus\{0\}$. Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions were previously studied by Reilly \cite{R}, Escobar \cite{Es} and Xia \cite{X}. Compared with their results, the si…

Simplified Obata-Vétois argument for Einstein manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature.

We prove Obata's rigidity theorem for metric measure spaces that satisfy a Riemannian curvature-dimension condition. Additionally, we show that a lower bound $K$ for the generalized Hessian of a sufficiently regular function $u$ holds if and only if $u$ is $K$-convex. A corollary is also a rigidity result for higher or…

We show a Lichnerowicz-Obata type estimate for the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian of $n$-dimensional closed Riemannian manifolds with an almost parallel $p$-form ($2\leq p \leq n/2$) in $L^2$-sense, and give an almost decomposition result of the manifold under some pinching conditions when $2\leq p<n/2$.

We prove the generalized Obata theorem on foliations. Let M be a complete Riemannian manifold with a foliation F of codimension $q>1$ and a bundle-like metric. Then $(M, F)$ is transversally isometric to the q-sphere of radius 1/c in (q+1)-dimensional Euclidean space endowed with the action of a discrete subgroup of th…

Exotic hypercomplex structures on a torus are proven to not exist.

We show that on an HKT manifold the holonomy of the Obata connection is contained in SL(n,H) if and only if the Lee form is an exact one form. As an application, we show compact HKT manifolds with holomorphically trivial canonical bundle which are not balanced. A simple criterion for non-existence of HKT metric on hype…

We prove a quantitative version of Obata's Theorem involving the shape of functions with null mean value when compared with the cosine of distance functions from single points. The deficit between the diameters of the manifold and of the corresponding sphere is bounded likewise. These results are obtained in the genera…

We describe all pseudo-Riemannian metrics on closed surfaces whose geodesic flows admit nontrivial integrals quadratic in momenta. As an application, we solve the Beltrami problem on closed surfaces, prove the nonexistence of quadratically-superintegrable metrics of nonconstant curvature on closed surfaces, and prove t…

Classifies metrics with specific curvature properties on a ball.

Characterizes hypercomplex Lie groups and their solvmanifolds.

We prove a CR version of the Obata's result for the first eigenvalue of the sub-Laplacian in the setting of a compact strictly pseudoconvex pseudohermitian three dimensional manifold with non-negative CR-Panietz operator which satisfies a Lichnerowicz type condition. We show that if the first positive eigenvalue of the…

New rigidity theorem on static manifolds with boundary.

We prove a CR Obata type result that if the first positive eigenvalue of the sub-Laplacian on a compact strictly pseudoconvex pseudohermitian manifold with a divergence free pseudohermitian torsion takes the smallest possible value then, up to a homothety of the pseudohermitian structure, the manifold is the standart S…

We extend Obata's rigidity theorem to free probability.

New metrics with constant curvature found on spheres minus caps.

The study proves non-existence of hypercomplex structures on SL(3,R) and finds one on SL(2n+1,C).

We prove an Obata-type rigidity result for the spherical cap and apply it for an eigenvalue problem with mixed boundary condition.

Using the theory of Weyl structures, we give a natural generalization of the notion of essential conformal structures and conformal Killing fields to arbitrary parabolic geometries. We show that a parabolic structure is inessential whenever the automorphism group acts properly on the base space. As a corollary of the g…

The study extends Obata's theorem and classifies Finsler manifolds with transnormal functions.

We prove a quaternionic contact versions of the Obata's sphere theorems. We show that if the first positive eigenvalue of the sub-Laplacian on a compact qc manifold of dimension bigger than seven takes the smallest possible value then, up to a homothety of the qc structure, the manifold is qc equivalent to the standard…

Characterizes projective special complex manifolds using c-projective structures.

Singular Yamabe problems involve changing sign solutions with interesting geometric properties.

The study shows how discrete graphs can resemble hypercube structures under certain curvature conditions.

We solve two classical conjectures by showing that if an action of a connected Lie group on a complete Riemannian manifold preserves the geodesics (considered as unparameterized curves), then the metric has constant positive sectional curvature, or the group acts by affine transformations.

Investigates special metrics in hypercomplex geometry.

We correct a mistake in Shen Yibing, Yu Yaoyong, On Projectively Related Randers Metrics, International Journal of Mathematics 19}(2008), no. 5, 503--520, and prove the natural generalization of the projective Lichnerowicz-Obata conjecture for Randers metrics.