Faculty Member

Professor Jun Ling

Biography

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Recent Research

https://hal.science/hal-05464059/document

Hopf Problem of Six-Sphere

We construct a differential 2-form from any almost complex structure on a smooth manifold. If this 2-form is not vanishing, then the almost complex structure is not integrable. We show that for the classic almost complex structure J_0 on S^6 from the multiplication in Octonions, its 2-form is not vanish therefore this gives a new proof for non-integrabilty of J0. Therefore this 2-form is not trivial, nor empty. This 2-form suggests a relation between the integrability of almost complex structures and the three cohomology groups H^1(S^6) = 0, H^2(S^6) = 0 and H^3(S^6) = 0 of the underlying manifold S^6, comparing with H^1(M^n)-H^3(M^n) of complex manifolds M^n (2 < n ≤ 6) : M = CP^3 , M = S^3 × S^3, M = S^1 × S^3, and M=CP^2 . Applying this 2-form to S^6 Hopf problem, we prove that all almost complex structures on S^6 are not integrable. Therefore S^6 is not a complex manifold. We study Hopf problem by employing theories and measures of Algebra, Geometry, Topology and Analysis (AGTA).
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Visiting Fellow, Department of Mathematics
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1000 USA

Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematics
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853-4201 USA
https://math.cornell.edu/jun-michael-ling

Member, The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), Berkeley, California

Calculus III
https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP23/class/MATH/2130

Teaching

MATH 4220

Advanced Calculus II, Spring 2026

MATH 3400

Partial Differential Equations, Spring 2026

MATH 1080

Precalculus, Spring 2026

Presentations

Ling, Jun (Author Only), UVU Mathemtics Department Colloquium_ t^3: tea time talks, "Six‐Sphere Hopf Problem", UVU, UVU LA 106 . (January 12, 2026)
Ling, Jun Michael (Presenter & Author), AGAS, "Some properties of almost complex structures", Department of Mathematics at Cornell University, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. (March 20, 2023)
Ling, Jun (Presenter & Author), DGGA, "The Square of Nijenhuis Tensor and Its Vanishing Results ", Department of Mathematics at Princeton University, www.math.princeton.edu/events/archive. (October 26, 2022)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Ling, Jun , "A new differential form and 6-Shere" . https://hal.science/hal-05060123v2/document
Ling, Jun , "Integrabily And Cohomology And 6-Sphere" . https://hal.science/hal-05027695v2/document
Ling, Jun Michael , (2021) "The square of Nijenhuis tensor and its vanishing results" (vol. Online Ready). Asian-European Journal of Mathematics,.
Ling, Jun , (2011) "Estimate and monotonicity of the first eigenvalue under Ricci Flow (joint with X. Cao, S. Hou" (vol. 354}, pages 451–463(2012) ). Germany: Math. Ann. /Springer. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00208-011-0740-6
Ling, Jun , Bian, B. J., Li, S. H., Wang, X. J., (2010) "Trends in Partial Dierential Equations, Advanced Lectures in Mathematics 10" . International Press of Boston,.
Ling, Jun , (2008) "Estimates on the lower bound of the rst gap," (Issue: 3, vol. 16). Comm. Anal. Geometry,.

Awards

Japanese Government Scholarship

The University of Tokyo

Board of Trustees Award of Excellence

UVU