On the geometry of linear Weingarten hypersurfaces in the hyperbolic space (Q368511): Difference between revisions

A linear Weingarten hypersurface \(M\) satisfies the equation \(R= aH+ b\) with constants \(a\), \(b\), where \(H\) is the mean curvature and \(R\) is the scalar curvature. Theorem 1.1 deals with complete linear Weingarten hyperfaces of nonnegative sectional curvature in hyperbolic space \(\mathbf{H}^{n+1}\). Under the assumption \(b\geq -1\) and if \(H\) attains its maximum the hypersurface is either totally umbilical or isometric to a hyperbolic cylinder. Theorem 1.2 states a similar characterization for noncompact hypersurfaces under certain assumptions on \(a\), \(b\), \(H\) and \(\nabla H\). By Theorem 1.3 \(M\) is isometric with a sphere if it is compact. The proof is based on a generalized maximum principle and on ellipticity of the Cheng-Yau operator minus \((n- 1)a/2\) times the Laplacian.