Submanifolds with totally umbilical Gauss image (Q1922794)

The submanifolds whose Gauss images are totally umbilical submanifolds of a Grassmannian manifold are considered. The main result is the following classification theorem: if the Gauss image of a submanifold \(F\) in a Euclidean space is totally umbilical, then either the Gauss image is totally geodesic, or \(F\) is a surface in \(E^n\) of special structure. Submanifolds in Euclidean space with totally geodesic Gauss image were classified earlier.