Harmonic manifolds and tubes (Q1711060)

In this paper, the authors continue their work of the previous published paper [J. Lond. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 94, No. 1, 141--160 (2016; Zbl 1354.53061)]; showing that in a connected locally harmonic manifold, the volume of a tube of small radius about a regularly parameterized simple arc depends only on the length of the arc and the radius. More precisely, in this paper, they prove that this property characterizes harmonic manifolds even if it is assumed only for tubes about geodesic segments. Also, they obtain similar characterizations of harmonic manifolds in terms of the total mean curvature and the total scalar curvature of tubular hypersurfaces about curves. In conclusion, this paper deals with a new geometrical characterization of harmonic manifolds, related to the characterization by the volume of the intersection of geodesic balls.