Maximum principle for hypersurfaces

We give an intrinsic proof and a generalization of the interior and boundary maximum principle for hypersurfaces in Riemannian and Lorentzian manifolds. Moreover, we show some new applications to manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bounds. E.g. we prove a local and a Lorentzian version of Cheng's maximal diameter theorem and a non-existence result for closed minimal hypersurfaces.     

A Simple Proof of the Riemann Mapping Theorem for Domains with Spherical Boundary

We give a simple proof of a Riemann mapping theorem for domains in a Stein manifold with a spherical boundary. Those boundaries are real hypersurfaces which are locally CR equivalent to the sphere inside complex space. The main observation is that for higher dimensional Stein manifolds, the fundamental group of its boundary coincides with that of its interior.     

Projections of transnormal manifolds

Transnormal manifolds are generalizations of convex hypersurfaces of constant width (see [7]). For such hypersurfaces it is known that every orthogonal projection onto a hyperplane has an outline which is of constant width, too. Orthogonal projections of transnormal manifolds have been studied by F.J. Craveiro de Carvalho [1] in the case when the projection is an immersion onto a convex hypersurface of constant width in a suitable affine subspace of the ambient Euclidean space.Here it will be shown that transnormality is not preserved under orthogonal projection onto hyperplanes without assuming that the manifold has the topological type of a sphere. This implies another general version of the transnormal graph theorem (see [2]). Furthermore, in the case of closed transnormal curves in 3-space also non-orthogonal parallel projection onto planes cannot preserve transnormality as is shown in the last section.     

The geometry of closed conformal vector fields on Riemannian spaces

In this paper we examine different aspects of the geometry of closed conformal vector fields on Riemannian manifolds. We begin by getting obstructions to the existence of closed conformal and nonparallel vector fields on complete manifolds with nonpositive Ricci curvature, thus generalizing a theorem of T.K. Pan. Then we explain why it is so difficult to find examples, other than trivial ones, of spaces having at least two closed, conformal and homothetic vector fields. We then focus on isometric immersions, firstly generalizing a theorem of J. Simons on cones with parallel mean curvature to spaces furnished with a closed, Ricci null conformal vector field; then we prove general Bernstein-type theorems for certain complete, not necessarily cmc, hypersurfaces of Riemannian manifolds furnished with closed conformal vector fields. In particular, we obtain a generalization of theorems J. Jellett and A. Barros and P. Sousa for complete cmc radial graphs over finitely punctured geodesic spheres of Riemannian space forms.     

An L p -estimate for surfaces of constant mean curvature in {\mathbb{S}}^3

In this paper, we prove a one end theorem for complete noncompact Riemannian manifolds and apply it to complete noncompact stable minimal hypersurfaces. Received: 10 September 2007     

The Totally Geodesic Coisotropic Submanifolds in Kähler Manifolds

In this paper, we consider the coisotropic submanifolds in a Kähler manifold of nonnegative holomorphic curvature. We prove an intersection theorem for compact totally geodesic coisotropic submanifolds and discuss some topological obstructions for the existence of such submanifolds. Our results apply to Lagrangian submanifolds and real hypersurfaces since the class of coisotropic submanifolds includes them. As an application, we give a fixed-point theorem for compact Kähler manifolds with positive holomorphic curvature. Also, our results can be further extended to nearly Kähler manifolds.     

Geometry of Affine Warped Product Hypersurfaces

The purpose of this article is the study of warped product manifolds which can be realized either as centroaffine or graph hypersurfaces in some affine space. First, we show that there exist many such realizations. Then we establish general optimal inequalities in terms of the warping function and the Tchebychev vector field for such affine hypersurfaces. We also investigate warped product affine hypersurfaces which verify the equality case of the inequalities. Several applications are also presented.     

Generalized Cauchy-Riemann lightlike submanifolds of indefinite Sasakian manifolds

We study a class of submanifolds, called Generalized Cauchy-Riemann (GCR) lightlike submanifolds of indefinite Sasakian manifolds as an umbrella of invariant, screen real, contact CR lightlike subcases [8] and real hypersurfaces [9]. We prove existence and non-existence theorems and a characterization theorem on minimal GCR-lightlike submanifolds.     

The lightlike flat geometry on spacelike submanifolds of codimension two in Minkowski space

We introduce the notion of the lightcone Gauss–Kronecker curvature for a spacelike submanifold of codimension two in Minkowski space, which is a generalization of the ordinary notion of Gauss curvature of hypersurfaces in Euclidean space. In the local sense, this curvature describes the contact of such submanifolds with lightlike hyperplanes. We study geometric properties of such curvatures and show a Gauss–Bonnet type theorem. As examples we have hypersurfaces in hyperbolic space, spacelike hypersurfaces in the lightcone and spacelike hypersurfaces in de Sitter space.     

Quasi—Einstein Hypersurfaces in a Hyperbolic Space

§1.　IntroductionLetRijbethecomponentsofRiccitensorofann-dimensionalRiemannianmanifoldM.IfRij=Agij Bξiξj,　(i,j=1,2,…,n)(1.1)whereξisanunitvectorfield,thenMiscalledaquasi-EinsteinmanifoldanddenotedbyQE(ξ).Ifξisanisotropicvectorfield,thenMiscalledageneralizedquasi-Einsteinmanifold.Intheequality(1.1),AandBarescalarfunctions.WeknowQE(ξ)manifoldisEinsteinwhenB≡0.Especially,if〈ξ,ξ〉=e=±1,thenQE(ξ)iscalledanormalquasi-Einsteinmani-fold.Itiseasytoknowfrom[1]and[2]:Rij=R-Tn-1…     

Volume comparison for hypersurfaces in Lorentzian manifolds and singularity theorems

We develop area and volume comparison theorems for the evolution of spacelike, acausal, causally complete hypersurfaces in Lorentzian manifolds, where one has a lower bound on the Ricci tensor along timelike curves, and an upper bound on the mean curvature of the hypersurface. Using these results, we give a new proof of Hawking’s singularity theorem.     

Nearly Kähler Submanifolds of a Space Form

In this article, we study isometric immersions of nearly Kähler manifolds into a space form (especially Euclidean space) and show that every nearly Kähler submanifold of a space form has an umbilic foliation whose leafs are 6-dimensional nearly Kähler manifolds. Moreover, using this foliation we show that there is no non-homogeneous 6-dimensional nearly Kähler submanifold of a space form. We prove some results towards a classification of nearly Kähler hypersurfaces in standard space forms.     

双曲空间中的共形平坦极小超曲面

本文证明了双曲空间中的共形平坦极小超曲面必为旋转超曲面或由一些旋转超曲面片用全测地超曲面片粘合而成．将这结果与王新民及许志才的一个已发表定理相组合，推广了Ｂｌａｉｒ关于推广悬链面的一个定理．     

On the Gauss mapping of hypersurfaces with constant scalar curvature in ℍ n+1

In this paper, we deal with complete hypersurfaces immersed in the hyperbolic space with constant scalar curvature. By supposing suitable restrictions on the Gauss mapping of such hypersurfaces we obtain some rigidity results. Our approach is based on the use of a generalized maximum principle, which can be seen as a sort of extension to complete (noncompact) Riemannian manifolds of the classical Hopf’s maximum principle.     

The global structure of locally convex hypersurfaces in Finsler—Hadamard manifolds

Locally convex compact immersed hypersurfaces in the Finsler—Hadamard space with bounded T-curvature are considered. Under certain conditions on normal curvatures, such hypersurfaces are proved to be convex, embedded, and homeomorphic to the sphere. To this end, the Rauch theorem is generalized to exponential maps of hypersurfaces and the convexity of parallel hypersurfaces is proved.     

Decomposition of twisted and warped product nets

By definition an orthogonal net on a pseudoriemannian manifold is a family of complementary foliations which intersect perpendicularly. There are derived generalizations of de Rham’s decomposition theorem by characterizing those pseudoriemannian manifolds equipped with an orthogonal net, which locally resp. globally allow a representation as a twisted resp. warped product. The results are applied for studying hypersurfaces with harmonic curvature.     

Vanishing theorems on Riemannian manifolds, and geometric applications

A general Liouville-type result and a corresponding vanishing theorem are proved under minimal regularity assumptions. The latter is then applied to conformal deformations of stable minimal hypersurfaces, to the L² cohomology of complete manifolds, to harmonic maps under various geometric assumptions, and to the topology of submanifolds of Cartan-Hadamard spaces with controlled extrinsic geometry.     

An Andreotti–Vesentini separation theorem on real hypersurfaces

Using Serre duality in CR manifolds and integral operators for the solution of the tangential Cauchy–Riemann equation with compact support, we prove a separation theorem of Andreotti–Vesentini type for the -cohomology in q-concave real hypersurfaces. Received: February 17, 1999?Published online: May 10, 2001     

Radical transversal lightlike hypersurfaces of almost complex manifolds with Norden metric

In this paper we introduce radical transversal lightlike hypersurfaces of almost complex manifolds with Norden metric. Such class of lightlike hypersurfaces cannot exist for indefinite almost Hermitian manifolds. The considered lightlike hypersurfaces have two important properties. The first one is the uniqueness of their screen distributions, which implies that the induced geometric objects are well-defined. The second property is that the induced Ricci tensor on radical transversal lightlike hypersurface of a Kähler manifold with Norden metric is symmetric. This allows to define an induced scalar curvature of the hypersurface. We obtain new results about lightlike hypersurfaces concerning their relations with non-degenerate hypersurfaces of almost complex manifolds with Norden metric. Examples of the considered hypersurfaces are given.     

Isometric immersions into warped product spaces

This paper concerns the submanifold geometry in the ambient space of warped productmanifolds F^n×σ R, this is a large family of manifolds including the usual space forms R^m, S^m and H^m. We give the fundamental theorem for isometric immersions of hypersurfaces into warped product space R^n×σ R, which extends this kind of results from the space forms and several spaces recently considered by Daniel to the cases of infinitely many ambient spaces.