Hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature in hyperbolic space (Q1587235)

The author considers the following question: What influence does the boundary have over the constant mean curvature hypersurface in the hyperbolic space \({\mathbb H}^{n+1}\) and in the case that the hypersurface is embedded, when does the hypersurface inherit the symmetry of the boundary? He first shows that an embedded constant mean curvature hypersurface \(M\) whose boundary consists of two coaxial spheres \(C_1, C_2\) of codimension two, \(C_1\) is contained in a horosphere or a geodesic hyperplane and \(C_2\) is contained in \({\mathbb S}^n(\infty),\) the boundary at infinity of \({\mathbb H}^{n+1},\) is a hypersurface of revolution if \(M\) is included in the component containing \(C_2.\) Here, two spheres of codimension two, \(C_1\) and \(C_2,\) are called coaxial if there exists a geodesic with \(C_1\) and \(C_2\) invariant by the group of rotations leaving the geodesic pointwise fixed. When the mean curvature \(H\) is \(-1<H<1,\) he also shows the following nonexistence theorem: Let \(C_1 \) and \(C_2\) be mutually disjoint codimension two submanifolds. Then there is a constant \(d\) such that if the distance \(d(C_1,C_2)\) is bigger than \(d,\) there is no immersed connected compact hypersurface of constant mean curvature spanning \(C_1\cup C_2.\) He also shows that if \(C_1\) and \(C_2\) are contained in disjoint hyperplanes \(P_1\) and \(P_2\), there is a constant \(d\) such that if the distance \(d(C_1, C_2)\geq d,\) any compact embedded connected nonzero constant mean curvature hypersurface with boundary \(C_1\cup C_2\) that intersects no exterior of \(C_i\) in \(P_i\) must be included in the domain determined by \(P_1\) and \(P_2.\) In order to prove these results, he used the Alexandrov reflection principle and an argument similar to that of \textit{M. P. do Carmo, J. M. Gomes} and \textit{G. Thorbergsson} [Comment. Math. Helv. 61, 429-441 (1986; Zbl 0614.53046)].