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 2280

Ordinary Differential Equations, Summer 2026

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 , "Hopf Problem of Six-Sphere" . https://hal.science/hal-05464059/document
Ling, Jun , "Hopf Problem by AGTA" . https://hal.science/hal-05389788/document
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

Awards

Japanese Government Scholarship

The University of Tokyo

Board of Trustees Award of Excellence

UVU