Submanifolds with totally umbilical Gauss image

The submanifolds whose Gauss images are totally umbilical submanifolds of the Grassmann manifold are under consideration. The main result is the following classification theorem: if the Gauss image of a submanifold F in a Euclidean space is totally umbilical then either the Gauss image is totally geodesic, or F is the surface in E ⁴ of the special structure. Submanifolds in a Euclidean space with totally geodesic Gauss image were classified earlier.     

Minimal Homogeneous Submanifolds in Euclidean Spaces

We prove that minimal (extrinsically) homogeneous submanifolds of the Euclidean space are totally geodesic. As an application, we obtain that a complex homogeneous submanifold of C ^N must be totally geodesic.     

Horospheres and Convex Bodies in n-Dimensional Hyperbolic Space

In n-dimensional Euclidean space, the measure of hyperplanes intersecting a convex domain is proportional to the (n–2)-mean curvature integral of its boundary. This question was considered by Santaló in hyperbolic space. In non-Euclidean geometry the totally geodesic hypersurfaces are not always the best analogue to linear hyperplanes. In some situations horospheres play the role of Euclidean hyperplanes.In dimensions n=2 and 3, Santaló proved that the measure of horospheres intersecting a convex domain is also proportional to the (n–2)-mean curvature integral of its boundary.In this paper we show that this analogy does not generalize to higher dimensions. We express the measure of horospheres intersecting a convex body as a linear combination of the mean curvature integrals of its boundary.     

Bilipschitz Embeddings of Metric Spaces into Space Forms

The paper describes some basic geometric tools to construct bilipschitz embeddings of metric spaces into (finite-dimensional) Euclidean or hyperbolic spaces. One of the main results implies the following: If X is a geodesic metric space with convex distance function and the property that geodesic segments can be extended to rays, then X admits a bilipschitz embedding into some Euclidean space iff X has the doubling property, and X admits a bilipschitz embedding into some hyperbolic space iff X is Gromov hyperbolic and doubling up to some scale. In either case the image of the embedding is shown to be a Lipschitz retract in the target space, provided X is complete.     

The Radon transform on hyperbolic space

The Radon transform that integrates a function in ⁿ , the n-dimensional hyperbolic space, over totally geodesic submanifolds with codimension 1 and the dual Radon transform are investigated in this paper. We prove inversion formulas and an inclusion theorem for the range.     

Automorphisms and a reduction theorem in a Sasakian space form E2m+1(−3)

Summary We construct definitely the automorphism group of a Sasakian space form ¯M=E ^2m+1 (–3) and study the existence of a totally geodesic invariant submanifold of ¯M tangent to a given invariant subspace in the tangent space of ¯M. We also study the Frenet curves in ¯M under a totally contact geodesic immersion of a contact CR-submanifold into ¯M. The purpose of this paper is to prove a reduction theorem of the codimension for a totally contact geodesic, contact CR-submanifold of ¯M.     

Semi-parallel surfaces in Euclidean space

Semi-parallel immersions are defined as extrinsic analogue for semi-symmetric spaces and as a direct generalization of parallel immersions. Using results of Backes on Euclidean Jordan triple systems, the totally geodesic immersions are shown to be the only minimal semi-parallel immersions into a Euclidean space. Semi-parallel immersions of surfaces into E^m are studied and a classification of semi-parallel immersions with pointwise planar normal sections of surfaces in E^m is given.Research Assistant of the National Fund of Scientific Research     

On inversion and Sobolev estimate results about the weighted Radon transform

In this paper, we derive an inversion of the weighted Radon transform by Fourier transform, Riesz potential, and integral transform. We extend results of Rigaud and Lakhal to the n‐dimensional Euclidean space. Furthermore, we obtain some properties of the weighted Radon transform. Finally, we develop some estimate results of the weighted Radon transform under Sobolev space.     

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.     

A compact minimal shadow boundary in Euclidean space is totally geodesic

We prove that a compact minimal shadow boundary of a hypersurface in Euclidean space is totally geodesic. We show that shadow boundaries detect principal directions and umbilical points of a hypersurface. As application we deduce that every shadow boundary of a compact strictly convex surface contains at least two principal directions.     

On the Geodesic Curvature of Riemannian Loops

We give a sharp extrinsic lower bound for the total geodesic curvature of a closed curve in a space form and discuss the equality case. The case of curves in Euclidean 3-space which is known since a long time by means of integral geometry, is extended here in a new way.     

Totally geodesic maps into metric spaces

We prove that a totally geodesic map between a Riemannian manifold and a metric space can be represented as the composite of a totally geodesic map from a Riemannian manifold to a Finslerian manifold and a locally isometric embedding between metric spaces. As a corollary, we obtain the homotheticity of a totally geodesic map from an irreducible Riemannian manifold to an Alexandrov space of curvature bounded above. This is a generalization of the case between Riemannian manifolds. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 53C20, 53C22, 53C24 Received: 14 March 2002; in final form: 6 May 2002 / / Published online: 24 February 2003     

Integral inequalities for maximal spacelike hypersurfaces in the indefinite space form

We give two intrinsic integral inequalities for compact maximal spacelike hypersurfaces in the indefinite space form and a sufficient and necessary condition for such hypersurfaces to be totally geodesic.     

Minimal Immersions of Kahler Manifolds into Euclidean Spaces

It is proved here that a minimal isometric immersion of a Kähler-Einsteinor homogeneous Kähler-manifold into an Euclidean spacemust be totally geodesic. As an application, it is shown thatan open subset of the real hyperbolic plane RH² cannot be minimallyimmersed into the Euclidean space. As another application, aproof is given that if an irreducible Kähler manifold isminimally immersed in a Euclidean space, then its restrictedholonomy group must be U(n), where n = dim_CM. 2000 MathematicsSubject Classification 53B25 (primary); 53C42 (secondary).     

Integral geometry of equidistants in hyperbolic space

We generalize the classical formulas of integral geometry, by getting integral geometric formulas for the intersection of a fixed compact hypersurface of hyperbolic space and a moving totally umbilical hypersurface. In particular we compute the mean value of the volume, the total mean curvatures and the Euler characteristic of these intersections when the totally umbilical hypersurface moves over all the intersecting positions. Analogous formulas are given for totally umbilical hypersurfaces contained in totally geodesic planes of ℍⁿ. Work partially supported by MECD grant number EX2003-0987, and MCYT grant number BFM2003-03458.     

A short proof of the generalized Bonnet theorem

In three‐dimensional Euclidean space E³, the Bonnet theorem says that a curve on a ruled surface in three‐dimensional Euclidean space, having two of the following properties, has also a third one, namely, it can be a geodesic, that it can be the striction line, and that it cuts the generators under constant angle. In this work, in n dimensional Euclidean space Eⁿ, a short proof of the theorem generalized for (k + 1) dimensional ruled surfaces by Hagen in 4 is given. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An integral inequality for compact maximal surfaces inn-dimensional de Sitter space and its applications

In this paper we prove an integral inequality for the Gaussian curvature of compact maximal surfaces inn-dimensional de Sitter space. Some applications of that inequality are given in order to solve the associated Bernstein type problem as well as to characterize the totally geodesic immersion in terms of its area and the first nontrivial eigenvalue of its Laplacian.Partially supported by a DGICYT Grant No. PB91-0705-C02-02Partially supported by a DGICYT Grant No. PB91-0731     

Normal and tangential geodesic deformations of the surfaces of revolution

We study special infinitesimal geodesic deformations of the surfaces of revolution in the Euclidean space E ³.     

Harmonicity of totally geodesic maps into nonpositively curved metric spaces

We prove the harmonicity of totally geodesic maps from a Riemannian manifold to a nonpositively curved metric space in the sense of Alexandrov for both Korevaar-Schoen-type and Cheeger-type energies. This enables us to make many examples of harmonic maps of an unknown type. We also construct an example of totally geodesic map between CAT(0)-spaces which is not harmonic.Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 53C22, 53C43, 58E20