Cette thèse traite des solitons de Kähler-Ricci qui sont des généralisations naturelles des métriques de Kähler-Einstein. Elle est divisée en deux parties. La première étudie la décomposition solitonique de l’espace des champs de vecteurs holomorphes dans le cas des variétés toriques. La seconde partie étudie de manière analytique les variétés horosphériques en redémontrant par la méthode de la continuité l’existence de solitons de Kähler-Ricci sur ces variétés et en calculant après la borne supérieure de Ricci. / This thesis deal with Kähler-Ricci solitons which are natural generalizations of Kähler-Einstein metrics. It is divided into two parts. The first one studies the solitonic decomposition of the space of holomorphic vector spaces in the case of toric manifold. The second one studies is an analytic way the existence of horospherical Kähler-Ricci solitons on those manifolds and then computes the greatest Ricci lower bound.

Σκοπός της εργασίας μας είναι η μελέτη κάποιων αναγωγικών χώρων που παρουσιάζουν ενδιαφέρουσα γεωμετρία. Συγκεκριμένα, μελετάμε τη γεωμετρία της σφαίρας S^n όταν αυτή είναι αμφιδιαφορική με έναν χώρο πηλίκο G/K και την γεωμετρία των πολλαπλοτήτων Stiefel SO(n)/SO(n-k) (το σύνολο όλων των k-πλαισίων του R^n). Ένας ομογενής χώρος αποτελεί επέκταση των ομάδων Lie, καθώς είναι μια λεία πολλαπλότητα M στην οποία δρα μεταβατικά μια ομάδα Lie G. Κάθε τέτοιος χώρος δίνεται ως M = G/K, όπου K = {g\in G : gp = p} (p \in M). Η βασική γεωμετρική ιδιότητα των ομογενών χώρων είναι ότι αν γνωρίζουμε την τιμή κάποιου γεωμετρικού μεγέθους σε ένα σημείο του χώρου, τότε μπορούμε να υπολογίσουμε την τιμή του μεγέθους αυτού σε οποιοδήποτε άλλο σημείο. Το ιδιαίτερο χαρακτηριστικό των αναγωγικών χώρων G/K είναι ότι υπάρχει ένας Ad(K)-αναλλοίωτος υπόχωρος της άλγεβρας Lie(G). Η περιγραφή όλων των μεταβατικών δράσεων μιας ομάδας Lie σε μια πολλαπλότητα M αποτελεί ένα δύσκολο πρόβλημα. Για την περίπτωση των σφαιρών αυτές έχουν περιγραφτεί το 1953 από τους Montgomery-Samelson-Borel. Στην εργασία μας μελετάμε τη γεωμετρία (καμπυλότητες, μετρικές Einstein) των σφαιρών S^3, S^5 όταν αυτές είναι αμφιδιαφορικές με τα πηλίκα S^3 = SO(4)/SO(3) = SU(2) και S^5 = SO(6)/SO(5) = SU(3)/SU(2). Αντίστοιχα προβλήματα εξετάζονται για τις πολλαπλότητες Stiefel SO(n)/SO(n-k), όπου η περιγραφή όλων των SO(n)-αναλλοίωτων μετρικών παρουσιάζει δυσκολία, λόγω του ότι η ισοτροπική αναπαράστασή τους περιέχει ισοδύναμα υποπρότυπα. Μελετάμε για ποιές από τις συγκεκριμένες πολλαπλότητες η μετρική που επάγεται από τη μορφή Killing είναι μετρική Einstein και περιγράφουμε αναλυτικά τις διαγώνιες SO(n)-αναλλοίωτες μετρικές Einstein στις πολλαπλότητες SO(n)/SO(n-2). Επιπλέον παρουσιάζουμε και ένα καινούργιο αποτέλεσμα, ότι στην πολλαπλότητα SO(5)/SO(2) οι μοναδικές SO(5)-αναλλοίωτες μετρικές Einstein είναι οι μετρικές που είχαν βρεθεί από τον Jensen το 1973. / The purpose of our work is to study homogeneous spaces that present interesting geometry. These include the geometry of the sphere S^n diffeomorphic to a quotient space G/K and the geometry of Stiefel manifolds SO(n)/SO(n-k) (the set of all k-planes in R^n). A homogeneous space is a smooth manifold M in which a Lie group acts transitively. Any such space is given as M = G/K where K = {g\in G : gp = p} (p\in M). The basic geometric property of homogeneous space is that if we know the value of a geometrical object at a point of the space, then we can estimate the value of thiw quantity at any other point. The special feature of reductive homogeneous space G/K is that there exists an Ad(K)-invariant subspace of the Lie algebra Lie(G). The description of all transitive actions of a Lie group into a manifold M is a difficult problem. In the case of spheres such actions have been described in 1953 by the Montgomery, Samelson and Borel. In our work we study the geometry (curvature, Einstein metrics) of the sphere S^3 = SO(4)/SO(3) = SU(2), S^5 = SO(6)/SO(5) = SU(3)/SU(2). Similar problems are examined for the Stiefel manifolds SO(n)/SO(n-k). The description of all SO(n)-invariant metrics presents serious difficulties because the isotropy representation contains equivalent submodules. We study for which of the manifolds SO(n)/SO(n-k) the metric induced by the Killing form is an Einstein metric and we describe in detail the diagonal SO(n)-invariant Einstein metrics on the Stiefel manifolds SO(n)/SO(n-2). In addition, we give the new result that for the Stiefel manifold SO(5)/SO(2) the unique SO(5)-invariant Einstein metrics are the metrics found by Jensen in 1973.

Le résultat principal de cette thèse est l'obtention d'une condition nécessaire et suffisante pour l'existence d'une métrique de Kähler-Einstein sur une compactification bi-équivariante lisse et Fano d'un groupe complexe réductif connexe. Ces variétés comprennent les variétés toriques et les compactifications magnifiques de groupes semisimples adjoints.Dans la première partie de ce travail sont développés les outils nécessaires à l'étude de l'existence de métriques de Kähler-Einstein sur ces variétés. Nous calculons en particulier la Hessienne complexe d'une fonction $Ktimes K$-invariante sur la complexification d'un groupe compact $K$. Nous associonségalement, à toute métrique invariante à courbure positive sur un fibré linéarisé ample sur une compactification de groupe, une fonction convexe dont le comportement asymptotique est prescrit. Ceci est utilisé une première fois pour obtenir une formule pour l'invariant alpha d'un fibré en droite ample sur une compactification de groupe Fano. Cette formule est obtenue par le calcul des seuils log canoniques des métriques hermitiennes invariantes à courbure positive, et induit, dans le cas particulier des variétés toriques, un résultat obtenu auparavant, figurant dans l'article par ailleurs inclus en appendice de la thèse.Nous prouvons ensuite le résultat principal en obtenant des estimées $C^0$ le long de la méthode de continuité, en se ramenant à une équation de Monge-Ampèreréelle sur un cône. La condition obtenue est que le barycentre du polytope associé à la compactification de groupe, par rapport à la mesure de Duistermaat-Heckman, doit être dans une zone particulière du polytope. Cette condition peut être vérifiée sur les exemples, donne de nouveaux exemples de variétés deKähler-Einstein Fano, et donne aussi un exemple qui n'admet aucun soliton de Kähler-Ricci. Nous calculons de plus la plus grande borne inférieure de Ricci lorsqu'il n'y a pas de métrique de Kähler-Einstein. / The main result of this work is a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a Kähler-Einstein metric on a smooth and Fano bi-equivariant compactification of a complex connected reductive group. Examples of such varieties include wonderful compactifications of adjoint semisimple groups.The tools needed to study the existence of Kähler-Einstein metrics on these varieties are developed in the first part of the work, including a computation of the complex Hessian of a $Ktimes K$-invariant function on the complexification of a compact group $K$. Another step is to associate to any non-negatively curved invariant hermitian metric on an ample linearized line bundle on a group compactification a convex function with prescribed asymptotic behavior. This is used a first time to derive a formula for the alpha invariantof an ample line bundle on a Fano group compactification. This formula is obtained through the computation of the log canonical thresholds of any non-negatively curved invariant hermitian metric, and gives the sameresult, for toric manifolds, as the one we obtained before, in an article that is included in this thesis as an appendix.Then we prove the main result by obtaining $C^0$ estimates along the continuity method, using the tools developed to reduce to a real Monge-Ampère equation on a cone. The condition obtained is that the barycenter of the polytope associated to the group compactification, with respect to the Duistermaat-Heckman measure, lies in a certain zone in the polytope. This condition can be checked on examples, gives new examples of Fano Kähler-Einstein manifolds, and also gives an example that admits no Kähler-Ricci solitons. We also compute the greatest Ricci lower bound when there are no Kähler-Einstein metrics.

SILVA, Adam Oliveira da. Rigidez de métricas críticas para funcionais riemannianos. 2017. 78 f. Tese (Doutorado em Matemática) – Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2017. / Submitted by Andrea Dantas (pgmat@mat.ufc.br) on 2017-09-19T19:08:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_tese_aosilva.pdf: 481005 bytes, checksum: 2bdfc6ab68b042a5cfd4f67caf1e21e4 (MD5) / Rejected by Rocilda Sales (rocilda@ufc.br), reason: Bom dia, Estou devolvendo a Tese de ADAM OLIVEIRA DA SILVA, para que o arquivo seja substituído, pois o aluno já veio na BCM e orientei quais eram as correções a serem feitas. Atenciosamente, on 2017-09-20T14:03:26Z (GMT) / Submitted by Andrea Dantas (pgmat@mat.ufc.br) on 2017-09-20T16:47:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_tese_aosilva.pdf: 480774 bytes, checksum: a1267dd82f8a82a19f79902004e1afb5 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rocilda Sales (rocilda@ufc.br) on 2017-09-21T12:26:34Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_tese_aosilva.pdf: 480774 bytes, checksum: a1267dd82f8a82a19f79902004e1afb5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-21T12:26:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_tese_aosilva.pdf: 480774 bytes, checksum: a1267dd82f8a82a19f79902004e1afb5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-15 / The aim of this work is to study metrics that are critical points for some Riemannian functionals. In the first part, we investigate critical metrics for functionals which are quadratic in the curvature on closed Riemannian manifolds. It is known that space form metrics are critical points for these functionals, denoted by F t,s (g). Moreover, when s = 0, always Einstein metrics are critical to F t (g). We proved that under some conditions the converse is true. For instance, among others results, we prove that if n ≥ 5 and g is a Bach-flat critical metric to F −n/4(n−1) , with second elementary symmetric function of the Schouten tensor σ 2 (A) > 0, then g should be Einstein. Furthermore, we show that a locally conformally flat critical metric with some additional conditions are space form metrics. In the second part, we study the critical metrics to volume functional on compact Riemannian manifolds with connected smooth boundary. We call such critical points of Miao-Tam critical metrics due to the variational study making by Miao and Tam (2009). In this work, we show that the geodesics balls in space forms Rn , Sn and Hn have the maximum possible boundary volume among Miao-Tam critical metrics with connected boundary provided that the boundary be an Einstein manifold. In the same spirit, we also extend a rigidity theorem due to Boucher et al. (1984) and Shen (1997) to n-dimensional static metrics with positive constant scalar curvature, which give us another way to get a partial answer to the Cosmic no-hair conjecture already obtained by Chrusciel (2003). / Este trabalho tem como principal objetivo estudar métricas que são pontos críticos de alguns funcionais Riemannianos. Na primeira parte, investigaremos métricas críticas de funcionais que são quadráticos na curvatura sobre variedades Riemannianas fechadas. É de conhecimento que métricas tipo formas espaciais são pontos críticos para tais funcionais, denotados aqui por F t,s (g). Além disso, no caso s = 0, métricas de Einstein são sempre críticas para F t (g). Provamos que sob algumas condições, a recíproca destes fatos são verdadeiras. Por exemplo, dentre outros resultados, provamos que se n ≥ 5 e g é uma métrica Bach-flat crìtica para F−n/4(n−1) com segunda função simétrica elementar do tensor de Schouten σ 2 (A) > 0, então g tem que ser métrica de Einstein. Ademais, mostramos que uma métrica crítica localmente conformemente plana, com algumas hipóteses adicionais, tem que ser tipo forma espacial. Na segunda parte, estudamos as métricas críticas do funcional volume sobre variedades Riemannianas compactas com bordo suave conexo. Chamamos tais pontos críticos de métricas críticas de Miao-Tam, devido ao estudo variacional feito por Miao e Tam (2009). Neste trabalho provamos que as bolas geodésicas das formas espaciais Rn , S n e H n possuem o valor máximo para o volume do bordo dentre todas as métricas críticas de Miao-Tam com bordo conexo, desde que o bordo seja uma variedade de Einstein. No mesmo sentido, também estendemos um teorema de rigidez devido à Boucher et al. (1984) e Shen (1997) para métricas estáticas de dimensão n e com curvatura escalar constante positiva, o qual nos fornece outra maneira para obter uma resposta parcial para a Cosmic no-hair conjecture já obtida por Chrusciel (2003).

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal estudar os solitons de Ricci e as mÃtricas quasi-Einstein em variedades riemannianas homogÃneas e simplesmente conexas, enfatizando problemas em dimensÃes trÃs e quatro, procurando caracterizar e descrever explicitamente tais estruturas, obtendo resultados de existÃncia, unicidade e consequentemente, construir novos exemplos sobre essas classes de variedades. A descriÃÃo mencionada, consiste basicamente em determinar condiÃÃes que garantam existÃncia e explicitar a famÃlia de campos de vetores que geram todas essas possÃveis estruturas, relacionando-os entre si e identificando quais desses campos de vetores sÃo do tipo gradiente. Devemos ressaltar que a parte do trabalho que corresponde Ãs variedades homogÃneas de dimensÃo trÃs considera a classificaÃÃo relativa à dimensÃo do grupo de isometrias, enquanto a parte que corresponde Ãs variedades homogÃneas de dimensÃo quatro, contempla apenas uma subclasse das variedades homogÃneas de dimensÃo quatro que à constituÃda pelas variedades solÃveis tipo-Lie, ou seja, grupos de Lie solÃveis, simplesmente conexos e munidos de mÃtrica invariante à esquerda. / The purpose of this work is study Ricci solitions and quasi-Einstein metrics on simply connected homogeneous Riemannian manifolds, with emphasis in problems in three and four dimensions, trying to characterize and to describe explicitly such structures, getting results of existence, uniqueness and consequently, build new examples on these class of manifolds. The quoted description consists basically in to obtain conditions that ensure the existence and show explicitly the family of vector fields that generate each of these structures, relating them identifying what of these vector fields are gradient. We should highlight that in the part of this work that corresponds to homogeneous three manifolds, we will consider the classification relative to dimension of isometry group, while in the part that corresponds to homogeneous four manifolds, we treat only the solvable geometry Lie type, namely, the simply connected solvable Lie group with left invariants metrics.

Μια πολλαπλότητα Riemann (M, g) ονομάζεται Einstein αν έχει σταθερή καμπυλότητα Ricci. Είναι γνωστό ότι αν (M=G/K, g) είναι μια συμπαγής ομογενής πολλαπλότητα Riemann, τότε οι G-αναλλοίωτες μετρικές Einstein μοναδιαίου όγκου, είναι τα κρίσιμα σημεία του συναρτησοειδούς ολικής βαθμωτής καμπυλότητας περιορισμένο στο χώρο των G-αναλλοίωτων μετρικών με όγκο 1. Για μια G-αναλλοίωτη μετρική Riemann η εξίσωση Einstein ανάγεται σε ένα σύστημα αλγεβρικών εξισώσεων. Οι θετικές πραγματικές λύσεις του συστήματος αυτού είναι ακριβώς οι G-αναλλοίωτες μετρικές Einstein που δέχεται η πολλαπλότητα Μ. Μια σημαντική οικογένεια συμπαγών ομογενών χώρων αποτελείται από τις γενικευμένες πολλαπλότητες σημαιών. Κάθε τέτοιος χώρος είναι μια τροχιά της συζυγούς αναπαράστασης μιας συμπαγούς, συνεκτικής, ημι-απλής ομάδας Lie G. Πρόκειται για ομογενείς πολλαπλότητες της μορφής G/C(S), όπου C(S) είναι ο κεντροποιητής ενός δακτυλίου S στην G. Κάθε τέτοιος χώρος δέχεται ένα πεπερασμένο πλήθος από G-αναλλοίωτες μετρικές Kahler-EInstein. Στην παρούσα διατριβή ταξινομούμε όλες τις πολλαπλότητες σημαιών G/K που αντιστοιχούν σε μια απλή ομάδα Lie G, των οποίων η ισοτροπική αναπαράσταση διασπάται σε 2 ή 4 μη αναγώγιμους και μη ισοδύναμους Ad(K)-αναλλοίωτους προσθετέους. Για κάθε τέτοιο χώρο λύνουμε την αναλλοίωτη εξίσωση Εinstein, και παρουσιάζουμε την αναλυτική μορφή νέων G-αναλλοίωτων μετρικών Einstein. Στις περισσότερες περιπτώσεις παρουσιάζουμε την πλήρη ταξινόμηση των αναλλοίωτων μετρικών Einstein. Επίσης εξετάζουμε το ισομετρικό πρόβλημα. Για την κατασκευή της εξίσωσης Einstein σε κάποιες πολλαπλότητες σημαιών με 4 ισοτροπικούς προσθετέους χρησιμοποιούμε την νηματοποίηση συστροφής που δέχεται κάθε πολλαπλότητα σημαιών επί ενός ισοτροπικά μη αναγώγιμου συμμετρικού χώρου συμπαγούς τύπου. Αυτή η μέθοδος είναι καινούργια και μπορεί να εφαρμοστεί και σε άλλες πολλαπλότητες σημαιών. / A Riemannian manifold (M, g) is called Einstein, if it has constant Ricci curvature. It is well known that if (M=G/K, g) is a compact homogeneous Riemannian manifold, then the G-invariant \tl{Einstein} metrics of unit volume, are the critical points of the scalar curvature function restricted to the space of all G-invariant metrics with volume 1. For a G-invariant Riemannian metric the Einstein equation reduces to a system of algebraic equations. The positive real solutions of this system are the $G$-invariant Einstein metrics on M. An important family of compact homogeneous spaces consists of the generalized flag manifolds. These are adjoint orbits of a compact semisimple Lie group. Flag manifolds of a compact connected semisimple Lie group exhaust all compact and simply connected homogeneous Kahler manifolds and are of the form G/C(S), where C(S) is the centralizer (in G) of a torus S in G. Such homogeneous spaces admit a finite number of G-invariant complex structures, and for any such complex structure there is a unique compatible G-invariant Kahler-Einstein metric. In this thesis we classify all flag manifolds M=G/K of a compact simple Lie group G, whose isotropy representation decomposes into 2 or 4, isotropy summands. For these spaces we solve the (homogeneous) Einstein equation, and we obtain the explicit form of new G-invariant Einstein metrics. For most cases we give the classification of homogeneous Einstein metrics. We also examine the isometric problem. For the construction of the Einstein equation on certain flag manifolds with four isotropy summands, we apply for first time the twistor fibration of a flag manifold over an isotropy irreducible symmetric space of compact type. This method is new and it can be used also for other flag manifolds. For flag manifolds with two isotropy summands, we use the restricted Hessian and we characterize the new Einstein metrics as local minimum points of the scalar curvature function restricted to the space of G-invariant Riemannian metrics of volume 1. We mention that the classification of flag manifolds with two isotropy summands gives us new examples of homogeneous spaces, for which the motion of a charged particle under the electromagnetic field, and the geodesics curves, are completely determined.

EVANGELISTA, I. S. Compact almost Ricci soliton, critical metrics of the total scalar curvature functional and p-fundamental tone estimates. 2017. 75 f. Tese (Doutorado em Matemática) – Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2017. / Submitted by Andrea Dantas (pgmat@mat.ufc.br) on 2017-07-10T12:41:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_tese_isevangelista.pdf: 618771 bytes, checksum: 7e4bb8d9fd8825ef347e309171075037 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rocilda Sales (rocilda@ufc.br) on 2017-07-10T14:06:18Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_tese_isevangelista.pdf: 618771 bytes, checksum: 7e4bb8d9fd8825ef347e309171075037 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T14:06:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_tese_isevangelista.pdf: 618771 bytes, checksum: 7e4bb8d9fd8825ef347e309171075037 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-04 / The present thesis is divided in three different parts. The aim of the first part is to prove that a compact almost Ricci soliton with null Cotton tensor is isometric to a standard sphere provided one of the following conditions associated to the Schouten tensor holds: the second symmetric function is constant and positive; two consecutive symmetric functions are non null multiple or some symmetric function is constant and the quoted tensor is positive. The aim of the second part is to study the critical metrics of the total scalar curvature funcional on compact manifolds with constant scalar curvature and unit volume, for simplicity, CPE metrics. It has been conjectured that every CPE metric must be Einstein. We prove that the Conjecture is true for CPE metrics under a suitable integral condition and we also prove that it suffices the metric to be conformal to an Einstein metric. In the third part we estimate the p-fundamental tone of submanifolds in a Cartan-Hadamard manifold. First we obtain lower bounds for the p-fundamental tone of geodesic balls and submanifolds with bounded mean curvature. Moreover, we provide the p-fundamental tone estimates of minimal submanifolds with certain conditions on the norm of the second fundamental form. Finally, we study transversely oriented codimension one C 2-foliations of open subsets Ω of Riemannian manifolds M and obtain lower bounds estimates for the infimum of the mean curvature of the leaves in terms of the p-fundamental tone of Ω. / A presente tese está dividida em três partes diferentes. O objetivo da primeira parte é provar que um quase soliton de Ricci compacto com tensor de Cotton nulo é isométrico a uma esfera canônica desde que uma das seguintes condições associadas ao tensor de Schouten seja válida: a segunda função simétrica é constante e positiva; duas funções simétricas consecutivas são múltiplas, não nulas, ou alguma função simétrica é constante e o tensor de Schouten é positivo. O objetivo da segunda parte é estudar as métricas críticas do funcional curvatura escalar total em variedades compactas com curvatura escalar constante e volume unitário, por simplicidade, métricas CPE. Foi conjecturado que toda métrica CPE deve ser Einstein. Prova-se que a conjectura é verdadeira para as métricas CPE sob uma condição integral adequada e também se prova que é suficiente que a métrica seja conforme a uma métrica Einstein. Na terceira parte, estima-se o p-tom fundamental de subvariedades em uma variedade tipo Cartan-Hadamard. Primeiramente, obtém-se estimativas por baixo para o p-tom fundamental de bolas geodésicas e em subvariedades com curvatura média limitada. Além disso, obtém-se estimativas do p-tom fundamental de subvariedades mínimas com certas condições sobre a norma da segunda forma fundamental. Por fim, estudam-se folheações de classe C 2 transversalmente orientadas de codimensão 1 de subconjuntos abertos Ω de variedades riemannianas M e obtêm-se estimativas por baixo para o ínfimo da curvatura média das folhas em termos do p-tom fundamental de Ω.