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most citedNew examples of Willmore submanifolds in the unit sphere via isoparametric functions,II

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math.CV2026

A Complex Structure on : The Genus-One Case of Calabi's Problem

Min Gao, Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

We construct a complex structure on , giving an affirmative answer to the genus-one case of Calabi's problem. The resulting compact complex threefold is non-Kähler a…

math.DG2026

Chern's Conjecture with Constant Cubic Trace

Huixin Tan, Zizhou Tang, Yuquan Xie +1

We prove that the values set of \(S=|A|^2\) attained by closed embedded minimal hypersurfaces in \(\mathbb S^{n+1}(1)\) with constant \(S\) and constant \(f_3=\operatorname{tr}(A^3…

math.DG2026

Rigidity of Closed Minimal Hypersurfaces in

Jianquan Ge, Tong Liu, Keyan Luo +1

The celebrated Chern conjecture asserts that any closed minimal hypersurface in with constant scalar curvature is isoparametric. In this paper, we resolve this c…

math.CV2026

Non-extendability of complex structures

Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

There exists a complex structure on a connected open subset of . The present paper proves that: (1) can be extended to a global almost complex struct…

math.DG2025

Isoparametric foliations and complex structures

Chao Qian, Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

Explicit representations of complex structures on closed manifolds are valuable, but relatively rare in the literature. Using isoparametric theory, we construct complex structures…

math.DG2024

Orthogonal almost complex structure and its Nijenhuis tensor

Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

In this paper, we demonstrate that on an almost Hermitian manifold , a 2-form , the pulling back of the Kähler form on the twistor bundle over $M^{2n…

math.DG2022★ 4 cited

Isoparametric hypersurfaces and complex structures

Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

The main purpose of this note is to construct almost complex or complex structures on certain isoparametric hypersurfaces in unit spheres. As a consequence, complex structures on $…

math.DG2022

On two questions of James

Chao Qian, Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

64 years ago, I. M. James raised two fundamental questions about octonionic Stiefel spaces. The prime objective of this paper is to figure out partial answers to both of them.

math.DG2022

Clifford systems, harmonic maps and metrics with non-negative curvature

Chao Qian, Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

Associated with a symmetric Clifford system on , there is a canonical vector bundle over . For and , we construc…

math.DG2021★ 6 cited

Topology and curvature of isoparametric families in spheres

Chao Qian, Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

An isoparametric family in the unit sphere consists of parallel isoparametric hypersurfaces and their two focal submanifolds. The present paper has two parts. The first part invest…

math.DG2020

On the Chern conjecture for isoparametric hypersurfaces

Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

For a closed hypersurface with constant mean curvature and constant non-negative scalar curvature, the present paper shows that if $\mathrm{tr}(\mathcal{A}^…

math.DG2019★ 1 cited

Extrinsic geometry of the Gromoll-Meyer sphere

Chao Qian, Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

Among a family of 2-parameter left invariant metrics on Sp(2), we determine which have nonnegative sectional curvatures and which are Einstein. On the quotiente $\widetilde{N}^{11}…

math.DG2018★ 6 cited

A sufficient condition for a hypersurface to be isoparametric

Zizhou Tang, Dongyi Wei, Wenjiao Yan

Let be a closed Riemannian manifold on which the integral of the scalar curvature is nonnegative. Suppose is a symmetric tensor field whose dual $(1,1)…

math.DG2017★ 6 cited

Isoparametric theory and its applications

Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

This is a survey on the recent progress in several applications of isoparametric theory, including an affirmative answer to Yau's conjecture on the first eigenvalue of Laplacian in…

math.DG2016★ 2 cited

Normal scalar curvature inequality on the focal submanifolds of isoparametric hypersurfaces

Jianquan Ge, Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

An isoparametric hypersurface in unit spheres has two focal submanifolds. Condition A plays a crucial role in the classification theory of isoparametric hypersurfaces in [CCJ07], […

math.DG2013★ 6 cited

Isoparametric foliation and a problem of Besse on generalizations of Einstein condition

Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

The focal sets of isoparametric hypersurfaces in spheres with g = 4 are all Willmore submanifolds, being minimal but mostly non-Einstein ([TY1], [QTY]). Inspired by A.Gray's view,…

math.DG2012

Isoparametric foliation and Yau conjecture on the first eigenvalue, II

Zizhou Tang, Yuquan Xie, Wenjiao Yan

This is a continuation of Tang and Yan, which investigated the first eigenvalues of minimal isoparametric hypersurfaces with distinct principal curvatures and focal submanifo…

math.DG2012★ 26 cited

New examples of Willmore submanifolds in the unit sphere via isoparametric functions,II

Chao Qian, Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

This paper is a continuation of a paper with the same title of the last two authors. In the first part of the present paper, we give a unified geometric proof that both focal subma…

math.DG2012

Isoparametric foliations and critical sets of eigenfunctions

Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

Jakobson and Nadirashvili \cite{JN} constructed a sequence of eigenfunctions on with a bounded number of critical points, answering in the negative the question raised by Yau…

math.DG2012★ 4 cited

Isoparametric foliation and Yau conjecture on the first eigenvalue

ZiZhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

A well known conjecture of Yau states that the first eigenvalue of every closed minimal hypersurface in the unit sphere is just its dimension . The present pa…

math.DG2011

New examples of Willmore submanifolds in the unit sphere via isoparametric functions

Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

An isometric immersion is called Willmore if it is an extremal submanifold of the Willmore functional: , where…

math.DG2011

Schoen-Yau-Gromov-Lawson theory and isoparametric foliations

Zizhou Tang, Yuquan Xie, Wenjiao Yan

Motivated by the celebrated Schoen-Yau-Gromov-Lawson surgery theory on metrics of positive scalar curvature, we construct a double manifold associated with a minimal isoparametric…

math.DG2011

A Filtration for Isoparametric Hypersurfaces in Riemannian Manifolds

Jianquan Ge, Zizhou Tang, Wenjiao Yan

This paper introduces the notion of -isoparametric hypersurface in an -dimensional Riemannian manifold for . Many fundamental and interesting results (toward…