Total Scalar Curvature and L 2 Harmonic 1-Forms on a Minimal Hypersurface in Euclidean Space

Let M ⁿ , n 3, be a complete oriented immersed minimal hypersurface in Euclidean space R ⁿ⁺¹. We show that if the total scalar curvature on M is less than the n/2 power of 1/C _s , where C _s is the Sobolev constant for M, then there are no L ² harmonic 1-forms on M. As corollaries, such a minimal hypersurface contains no nontrivial harmonic functions with finite Dirichlet integral and so it has only one end. This implies finally that M is a hyperplane.     

Hopf hypersurfaces in complex two-plane Grassmannians with generalized Tanaka-Webster \mathfrak{D}^ \bot-parallel structure Jacobi operator

Regarding the generalized Tanaka-Webster connection, we considered a new notion of \(\mathfrak{D}^ \bot\) -parallel structure Jacobi operator for a real hypersurface in a complex two-plane Grassmannian G ₂(? ^m+2) and proved that a real hypersurface in G ₂(? ^m+2) with generalized Tanaka-Webster \(\mathfrak{D}^ \bot\) -parallel structure Jacobi operator is locally congruent to an open part of a tube around a totally geodesic quaternionic projective space ?P ⁿ in G ₂(? ^m+2), where m = 2n.     

A characterization of totally <Emphasis Type="Italic">η</Emphasis>-umbilical real hypersurfaces and ruled real hypersurfaces of a complex space form

We give a characterization of totally η-umbilical real hypersurfaces and ruled real hypersurfaces of a complex space form in terms of totally umbilical condition for the holomorphic distribution on real hypersurfaces. We prove that if the shape operator A of a real hypersurface M of a complex space form M ⁿ (c), c ≠ 0, n ⩾ 3, satisfies g(AX, Y) = ag(X, Y) for any X, Y ∈ T ₀(x), a being a function, where T ₀ is the holomorphic distribution on M, then M is a totally η-umbilical real hypersurface or locally congruent to a ruled real hypersurface. This condition for the shape operator is a generalization of the notion of η-umbilical real hypersurfaces.     

A rigidity theorem for the pair ${\cal q}{\Bbb C} P^n$ (complex hyperquadric, complex projective space)

Given a compact Kähler manifold M of real dimension 2n, let P be either a compact complex hypersurface of M or a compact totally real submanifold of dimension n. Let q\cal q (resp. \Bbb R Pⁿ{\Bbb R} P^n) be the complex hyperquadric (resp. the totally geodesic real projective space) in the complex projective space \Bbb C Pⁿ{\Bbb C} P^n of constant holomorphic sectional curvature 4l \lambda . We prove that if the Ricci and some (n-1)-Ricci curvatures of M (and, when P is complex, the mean absolute curvature of P) are bounded from below by some special constants and volume (P) / volume (M) ￡\leq volume (q\cal q)/ volume (\Bbb C Pⁿ)({\Bbb C} P^n) (resp. ￡\leq volume (\Bbb R Pⁿ)({\Bbb R} P^n) / volume (\Bbb C Pⁿ)({\Bbb C} P^n)), then there is a holomorphic isometry between M and \Bbb C Pⁿ{\Bbb C} P^n taking P isometrically onto q\cal q (resp. \Bbb R Pⁿ{\Bbb R} P^n). We also classify the Kähler manifolds with boundary which are tubes of radius r around totally real and totally geodesic submanifolds of half dimension, have the holomorphic sectional and some (n-1)-Ricci curvatures bounded from below by those of the tube \Bbb R Pⁿ_r{\Bbb R} P^n_r of radius r around \Bbb R Pⁿ{\Bbb R} P^n in \Bbb C Pⁿ{\Bbb C} P^n and have the first Dirichlet eigenvalue not lower than that of \Bbb R Pⁿ_r{\Bbb R} P^n_r.     

Pappus type theorems for hypersurfaces in a space form

In order to get further insight on the Weyl’s formula for the volume of a tubular hypersurface, we consider the following situation. Letc(t) be a curve in a space formM _λ ⁿ of sectional curvature λ. LetP ₀ be a totally geodesic hypersurface ofM _λ ⁿ throughc(0) and orthogonal toc(t). LetC ₀ be a hypersurface ofP ₀. LetC be the hypersurface ofM _λ ⁿ obtained by a motion ofC ₀ alongc(t). We shall denote it byC ^PorC ^Fif it is obtained by a parallel or Frenet motion, respectively. We get a formula for volume(C). Among other consequences of this formula we get that, ifc(0) is the centre of mass ofC ₀, then volume(C) ≥ volume(C),^P),and the equality holds whenC ₀ is contained in a geodesic sphere or the motion corresponds to a curve contained in a hyperplane of the Lie algebraO(n−1) (whenn=3, the only motion with these properties is the parallel motion). Work partially supported by a DGES Grant No. PB97-1425 and a AGIGV Grant No. GR0052.     

On the stability of minimal cones in warped products

In a seminal paper published in 1968, J. Simons proved that, for n ≤ 5, the Euclidean (minimal) cone CM, built on a closed, oriented, minimal and non totally geodesic hypersurface M ⁿ of \(\mathbb{S}^{n + 1} \) is unstable. In this paper, we extend Simons’ analysis to warped (minimal) cones built over a closed, oriented, minimal hypersurface of a leaf of suitable warped product spaces. Then, we apply our general results to the particular case of the warped product model of the Euclidean sphere, and establish the unstability of CM, whenever 2 ≤ n ≤ 14 and M ⁿ is a closed, oriented, minimal and non totally geodesic hypersurface of \(\mathbb{S}^{n + 1} \) .     

Dupin hypersurfaces with four principal Curvatures,II

If M is an isoparametric hypersurface in a sphere S ⁿ with four distinct principal curvatures, then the principal curvatures κ₁, . . . , κ₄ can be ordered so that their multiplicities satisfy m ₁ = m ₂ and m ₃ = m ₄, and the cross-ratio r of the principal curvatures (the Lie curvature) equals −1. In this paper, we prove that if M is an irreducible connected proper Dupin hypersurface in R ⁿ (or S ⁿ ) with four distinct principal curvatures with multiplicities m ₁ = m ₂ ≥ 1 and m ₃ = m ₄ = 1, and constant Lie curvature r = −1, then M is equivalent by Lie sphere transformation to an isoparametric hypersurface in a sphere. This result remains true if the assumption of irreducibility is replaced by compactness and r is merely assumed to be constant.      

Hyperbolic Volume of Manifolds with Geodesic Boundary and Orthospectra

In this paper we describe a function F _n : R ₊ → R ₊ such that for any hyperbolic n-manifold M with totally geodesic boundary ${\partial M \neq \emptyset}In this paper we describe a function F _n : R ₊ → R ₊ such that for any hyperbolic n-manifold M with totally geodesic boundary ?M 1 ?{\partial M \neq \emptyset} , the volume of M is equal to the sum of the values of F _n on the orthospectrum of M. We derive an integral formula for F _n in terms of elementary functions. We use this to give a lower bound for the volume of a hyperbolic n-manifold with totally geodesic boundary in terms of the area of the boundary.     

First nonzero eigenvalue of a pseudo-umbilical hypersurface in the unit sphere

S. Deshmukh has obtained interesting results for first nonzero eigenvalue of a minimal hypersurface in the unit sphere. In the present article, we generalize these results to pseudoumbilical hypersurface and prove: What conditions are satisfied by the first nonzero eigenvalue λ ₁ of the Laplacian operator on a compact immersed pseudo-umbilical hypersurface M in the unit sphere S ⁿ⁺¹. We also show that a compact immersed pseudo-umbilical hypersurface of the unit sphere S ⁿ⁺¹ with λ ₁ = n is either isometric to the sphere S ⁿ or for this hypersurface an inequaluity is fulfilled in which sectional curvatures of the hypersuface M participate.     

Existence and Topological Uniqueness of Compact CMC Hypersurfaces with Boundary in Hyperbolic Space

It is proved that if Γ is a compact, embedded hypersurface in a totally geodesic hypersurface ? ⁿ of ? ⁿ⁺¹ satisfying the enclosing H-hypersphere condition with |H|<1, then there is one and only one (up to a reflection on ? ⁿ ) compact embedded constant mean curvature H hypersurface M such that ?M=Γ. Moreover, M is diffeomorphic to a ball.     

Tubular neighborhoods of totally geodesic hypersurfaces in hyperbolic manifolds

Summary We show that a closed embedded totally geodesic hypersurface in a hyperbolic manifold has a tubular neighborhood whose width only depends on the area of the hypersurface. Namely, we construct a tubular neighborhood function and show that an embedded closed totally geodesic hypersurface in a hyperbolic manifold has a tubular neighborhood whose width only depends on the area of the hypersurface (and hence not on the geometry of the ambient manifold). The implications of this result for volumes of hyperbolic manifolds is discussed. In particular, we show that ifM is a hyperbolic 3-manifold containingn rank two cusps andk disjoint totally geodesic embedded closed surfaces, then the volume ofM is bigger than . We also derive a (hyperbolic) quantitative version of the Klein-Maskit combination theorem (in all dimensions) for free products of fuchsian groups. Using this last result, we construct examples to illustrate the qualitative sharpness of our tubular neighborhood function in dimension three. As an application of our results we give an eigenvalue estimate.Oblatum IX-1992 & 18-VIII-1993Research supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-9207019     

Complete space-like hypersurfaces with constant scalar curvature

Let M ⁿ be a complete space-like hypersurface with constant normalized scalar curvature R in the de Sitter space S ^{n + 1} ₁ and denote . We prove that if the norm square of the second fundamental form of M ⁿ satisfies , then either and M ⁿ is a totally umbilical hypersurface; or , and, up to rigid motion, M ⁿ is a hyperbolic cylinder . Received: 8 February 2001 / Revised version: 27 April 2001     

Semi-Parallel, Semi-Symmetric Immersions and Chen’s Equality

Recently, B. Y. Chen introduced a new invariant δ(n₁,n₂,…,n_k) of a Riemannian manifold and proved a basic inequality between the invariant and the extrinsic invariant if, where H is the mean curvature of an immersion Mⁿ in a real space form R^m(ε) of constant curvature ε. He pointed out that such inequality also holds for a totally real immersion in a complex space form. The immersion is called ideal (by B. Y. Chen) if it satisfies the equality case of such inequality identically. In this paper we classify ideal semi-parallel immersions in an Euclidean space if their normal bundle is flat, and prove that every ideal semi-parallel Lagrangian immersion in a complex space form is totally geodesic, moreover this result also holds for ideal semi-symmetric Lagrangian immersions in complex projective space and hyperbolic space.     

Real hypersurfaces of a complex space form

In this paper we are interested in obtaining a condition under which a compact real hypersurface of a complex projective space CP ⁿ is a geodesic sphere. We also study the question as to whether the characteristic vector field of a real hypersurface of the complex projective space CP ⁿ is harmonic, and show that the answer is in negative.     

On totally real surfaces of the nearly Kaehler 6-sphere

Let M be a minimal totally real surface of the nearly Kaehler 6-sphere. We prove that if M is homeomorphic to a sphere, then M is totally geodesic. Consequently, if M is compact and has non-negative Gaussian curvature K, then eithe K=0 or K=1. Finally, we derive from these results that if M has constant Gaussian curvature K, then either K=0 or K=1.Aspirant Navorser N.F.W.O. (Belgium).     

On extrinsic symmetric spaces with zero mean curvature in Minkowski space-time

For an extrinsic symmetric space M in Minkowski space-time, we prove that if M is spacelike with zero mean curvature, then it is totally geodesic and if M is timelike with zero mean curvature, then it is totally geodesic or it is a flat hypersurface.     

Minimal helix surfaces in <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Superscript>×ℝ

An immersed surface M in N ⁿ ×ℝ is a helix if its tangent planes make constant angle with ∂ _t . We prove that a minimal helix surface M, of arbitrary codimension is flat. If the codimension is one, it is totally geodesic. If the sectional curvature of N is positive, a minimal helix surfaces in N ⁿ ×ℝ is not necessarily totally geodesic. When the sectional curvature of N is nonpositive, then M is totally geodesic. In particular, minimal helix surfaces in Euclidean n-space are planes. We also investigate the case when M has parallel mean curvature vector: A complete helix surface with parallel mean curvature vector in Euclidean n-space is a plane or a cylinder of revolution. Finally, we use Eikonal f functions to construct locally any helix surface. In particular every minimal one can be constructed taking f with zero Hessian.     

Characterization of modules of finite projective dimension via Frobenius functors

Let M be a finitely generated module over a local ring R of characteristic p > 0. If depth(R) = s, then the property that M has finite projective dimension can be characterized by the vanishing of the functor Extⁱ_R(M, ^fnR){{\rm Ext}^i_R(M, ^{f^n}R)} for s + 1 consecutive values i > 0 and for infinitely many n. In addition, if R is a d-dimensional complete intersection, then M has finite projective dimension can be characterized by the vanishing of the functor Extⁱ_R(M, ^fnR){{\rm Ext}^i_R(M, ^{f^n}R)} for some i ≥ d and some n > 0.     

Properties of a certain product of submodules

Let R be a commutative ring with identity, let M be an R-module, and let K ₁, . . . ,K _n be submodules of M: We construct an algebraic object called the product of K ₁, . . . ,K _n : This structure is equipped with appropriate operations to get an R(M)-module. It is shown that the R(M)-module M ⁿ   = M . . .M and the R-module M inherit some of the most important properties of each other. Thus, it is shown that M is a projective (flat) R-module if and only if M ⁿ is a projective (flat) R(M)-module.     

An extension of Jellett's theorem

The aim of this work is to show that a star-shaped hypersurface of constant mean curvature into the Euclidean sphere Sn+1 must be a geodesic sphere. This result extends the one obtained by Jellett in 1853 for such type of surfaces in the Euclidean space R³. In order to do that we will compute a useful formula for the Laplacian of a new support function defined over a hypersurface M of a Riemannian manifold .