Translation hypersurfaces with constant scalar curvature into the Euclidean space (Q466103): Difference between revisions

The authors investigate translation hypersurfaces with constant scalar curvature in the Euclidean space \({\mathbb R}^{n+1}\). A hypersurface \(M^n\) of \({\mathbb R}^{n+1}\) is called a \textit{translation surface} if it is the graph of a function \[ F(x_1, \dots, x_n) := f(x_1) + \dots + f(x_n) \] where each \(f_i\) is a smooth function of one variable. If the principal curvatures of \(M^n\) are denoted by \(\lambda_1, \dots, \lambda_n\) then, up to some normalization factor, the scalar curvature \(S_2\) is given by \[ S_2 := \sum_{1\leq i<j \leq n} \lambda_i \lambda_j. \] The main result of the paper is the following: A translation hypersurface \(M^n\) in \({\mathbb R}^{n+1}\) has zero scalar curvature if and only if it is congruent to the graph of one of the following functions: {\parindent=0.5cm\begin{itemize}\item[{\(\bullet\)}] \(F(x_1, \dots, x_n) \; = \; \sum\limits_{i=1}^{n-1} a_i x_i \; + \; f_n(x_n) \; + \; b\) on \({\mathbb R}^{n-1}\times J\) for some interval \(J\) and \(f_n: J \longrightarrow {\mathbb R}\) is a smooth function which defines, after a suitable linear change of variables, a vertical cylinder. \item[{\(\bullet\)}] \(F(x_1, \dots, x_n) \; = \; \sum\limits_{i=1}^{n-3} a_i x_i \; + \; \frac{\sqrt{\beta}}{a} \ln \left|\frac{\cos\left(-\frac{a b}{a + b}\sqrt{\beta} x_n \; + \; c\right)}{\cos (a\sqrt{\beta} x_{n-2} \; + \; a_0)}\right| + \; \frac{\sqrt{\beta}}{b} \ln \left|\frac{\cos\left(-\frac{a b}{a + b}\sqrt{\beta} x_n \; + \; c\right)}{\cos (b\sqrt{\beta} x_{n-1}\; + \; b_0)}\right| \; + \; d\) \end{itemize}} where the constants \(a, b, c, d, a_0, \dots, a_{n-3}, b_0, \alpha, \beta\) have to fulfill some additional conditions. In this case \(M^n\) is a generalized \textit{Enneper hypersurface}. Additionally the authors prove that in case of \(n \geq 3\), any translation hypersurface \(M^n\) of \({\mathbb R}^{n+1}\) with constant scalar curvature must even have zero scalar curvature.