2005Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A MathematicsRequires access

Compact hypersurfaces in a unit sphere

Qing-Ming Cheng, Шичанг Шу, Young Jin Suh

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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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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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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.

Key concepts: Hypersurface, Principal curvature, Scalar curvature, Mathematics, Unit sphere, Mean curvature, Curvature, Pure mathematics

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