Compact hypersurfaces in a unit sphere
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 July 2007
Abstract
We study curvature structures of compact hypersurfaces in the unit sphere Sn+1(1) with two distinct principal curvatures. First of all, we prove that the Riemannian product is the only compact hypersurface in Sn+1(1) with two distinct principal curvatures, one of which is simple and satisfies where n(n − 1)r is the scalar curvature of hypersurfaces and c2 = (n − 2)/nr. This generalized the result of Cheng, where the scalar curvature is constant is assumed. Secondly, we prove that the Riemannian product is the only compact hypersurface with non-zero mean curvature in Sn+1(1) with two distinct principal curvatures, one of which is simple and satisfies This gives a partial answer for the problem proposed by Cheng.
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- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 135 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 1129 - 1137
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- Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 2005
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