On a Riemannian invariant of Chen type (Q1011020)

In [An. Univ. Bucur., Mat. 54, No.~1, 127--136 (2005; Zbl 1150.53340)] we proved Chen's inequality regarded as a problem of constrained maximum. In this paper we introduce a Riemannian invariant obtained from Chen's invariant, replacing the sectional curvature by the Ricci curvature of \(k\)-order. This invariant can be estimated, in the case of submanifolds \(M\) in space forms \(\widetilde{M}(c)\), varying with \(c\) and the mean curvature of \(M\) in \(\widetilde{M}(c)\).