Topological obstructions for submanifolds in low codimension

We prove integral curvature bounds in terms of the Betti numbers for compact submanifolds of the Euclidean space with low codimension. As an application, we obtain topological obstructions for \(\delta \)-pinched immersions. Furthermore, we obtain intrinsic obstructions for minimal submanifolds in spheres with pinched second fundamental form.     

Topological obstructions to nonnegative curvature

We find new obstructions to the existence of complete Riemannian metric of nonnegative sectional curvature on manifolds with infinite fundamental groups. In particular, we construct many examples of vector bundles whose total spaces admit no nonnegatively curved metrics. Received February 11, 2000 / Published online February 5, 2001     

Isoperimetric inequalities for submanifolds with bounded mean curvature

In this paper, we provide various Sobolev-type inequalities for smooth nonnegative functions with compact support on a submanifold with variable mean curvature in a Riemannian manifold whose sectional curvature is bounded above by a constant. We further obtain the corresponding linear isoperimetric inequalities involving mean curvature. We also provide various first Dirichlet eigenvalue estimates for submanifolds with bounded mean curvature.     

Isoperimetric inequalities for submanifolds with bounded mean curvature

In this paper, we provide various Sobolev-type inequalities for smooth nonnegative functions with compact support on a submanifold with variable mean curvature in a Riemannian manifold whose sectional curvature is bounded above by a constant. We further obtain the corresponding linear isoperimetric inequalities involving mean curvature. We also provide various first Dirichlet eigenvalue estimates for submanifolds with bounded mean curvature.     

正曲率子流形的几何刚性定理

§1Introduction LetMnbeann-dimensionalcompactRiemannianmanifoldisometricallyimmersedinto an(n+p)-dimentionalcompleteandsimplyconnectedRiemannianmanifoldFn+p(c)with constantcurvaturec.DenotebyKMandHthesectionalcurvatureandmeancurvatureofM respectively.In[10],Yauprovedthefollowingstrikingresult.TheoremA.LetMnbeann-dimensionalorientedcompactminimalsubmanifoldin Sn+p(1).IfthesectionalcurvatureofMisnotlessthanp-12p-1,thenMiseitherthetotally geodesicsphere,thestandardimmersionoftheproductoftw…     

Holomorphic curvature of complex Finsler submanifolds

Let M be a complex n-dimensional manifold endowed with a strongly pseudoconvex complex Finsler metric F. Let M be a complex m-dimensional submanifold of M, which is endowed with the induced complex Finsler metric F. Let D be the complex Rund connection associated with (M, F). We prove that (a) the holomorphic curvature of the induced complex linear connection  on (M, F) and the holomorphic curvature of the intrinsic complex Rund connection ～* on (M, F) coincide; (b) the holomorphic curvature of ～* does not exceed the holomorphic curvature of D; (c) (M, F) is totally geodesic in (M, F) if and only if a suitable contraction of the second fundamental form B(·, ·) of (M, F) vanishes, i.e., B(χ, ι) = 0. Our proofs are mainly based on the Gauss, Codazzi and Ricci equations for (M, F).     

Geometric and topological rigidity for compact submanifolds of odd dimension

We investigate rigidity problems for odd-dimensional compact submanifolds.We show that if Mn(n 5)is an odd-dimensional compact submanifold with parallel mean curvature in Sn+p,and if RicM(n-2-1n)(1+H2)and Hδn,whereδn is an explicit positive constant depending only on n,then M is a totally umbilical sphere.Here H is the mean curvature of M.Moreover,we prove that if Mn(n 5)is an odd-dimensional compact submanifold in the space form Fn+p(c)with c 0,and if RicM(n-2-εn)(c+H2),whereεn is an explicit positive constant depending only on n,then M is homeomorphic to a sphere.     

Integral Menger curvature for surfaces

We develop the concept of integral Menger curvature for a large class of nonsmooth surfaces. We prove uniform Ahlfors regularity and a C1,λ-a priori bound for surfaces for which this functional is finite. In fact, it turns out that there is an explicit length scale R>0 which depends only on an upper bound E for the integral Menger curvature Mp(Σ) and the integrability exponent p, and not on the surface Σ itself; below that scale, each surface with energy smaller than E looks like a nearly flat disc with the amount of bending controlled by the (local) Mp-energy. Moreover, integral Menger curvature can be defined a priori for surfaces with self-intersections or branch points; we prove that a posteriori all such singularities are excluded for surfaces with finite integral Menger curvature. By means of slicing and iterative arguments we bootstrap the Hölder exponent λ up to the optimal one, λ=1−(8/p), thus establishing a new geometric ‘Morrey–Sobolev’ imbedding theorem.As two of the various possible variational applications we prove the existence of surfaces in given isotopy classes minimizing integral Menger curvature with a uniform bound on area, and of area minimizing surfaces subjected to a uniform bound on integral Menger curvature.     

Diameter estimates for submanifolds in manifolds with nonnegative curvature

Given a closed connected manifold smoothly immersed in a complete noncompact Riemannian manifold with nonnegative sectional curvature, we estimate the intrinsic diameter of the submanifold in terms of its mean curvature field integral. On the other hand, for a compact convex surface with boundary smoothly immersed in a complete noncompact Riemannian manifold with nonnegative sectional curvature, we can estimate its intrinsic diameter in terms of its mean curvature field integral and the length of its boundary. These results are supplements of previous work of Topping, Wu-Zheng and Paeng.     

Euler characters and submanifolds of constant positive curvature

This article develops methods for studying the topology of submanifolds of constant positive curvature in Euclidean space. It proves that if is an -dimensional compact connected Riemannian submanifold of constant positive curvature in , then must be simply connected. It also gives a conformal version of this theorem.

     

The mean curvature of cylindrically bounded submanifolds

We give an estimate of the mean curvature of a complete submanifold lying inside a closed cylinder in a product Riemannian manifold . It follows that a complete hypersurface of given constant mean curvature lying inside a closed circular cylinder in Euclidean space cannot be proper if the circular base is of sufficiently small radius. In particular, any possible counterexample to a conjecture of Calabi on complete minimal hypersurfaces cannot be proper. As another application of our method, we derive a result about the stochastic incompleteness of submanifolds with sufficiently small mean curvature. Dedicated to Professor Manfredo P. do Carmo on the occasion of his 80th birthday.     

Maximum principles for submanifolds of arbitrary codimension and bounded mean curvature

We construct quadratic forms on which are subharmonic on any n-dimensional minimal submanifold in and, more generally, on submanifolds of bounded mean curvature. This leads to nonexistence results for connected n-dimensional minimal submanifolds in as well as to necessary conditions for the existence of connected submanifolds of bounded mean curvature with arbitrary codimension. Furthermore we discuss a barrier principle for n-dimensional submanifolds in of bounded mean curvature.Received: 11 November 2003, Accepted: 29 January 2004, Published online: 2 April 2004Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 35J60, 49Q05, 53C42     

Riemannian Hilbert submanifolds of nonpositive extrinsic curvature

We consider strongly parabolic, Hilbert submanifolds in Riemannian Hilbert manifolds. We prove that their properties are analogous to the known properties in the finite-dimensional case. The main geometric result consists of Theorem 3: a complete, Riemannian, Hilbert submanifold of nonpositive extrinsic curvature and finite codimension in a Hilbert sphere is a great sphere.Translated from Ukrainskii Geometricheskii Sbornik, No. 33, pp. 91–100, 1990.The author expresses his thanks to Professor A. A. Borisenko for posing the problem and guiding the work.