Topological and differentiable sphere theorems for complete submanifolds (Q1049685)

The topological and differentiable structures of submanifolds are investigated under extrinsic restrictions. First a topological sphere theorem is obtained for compact submanifolds in a Riemannian manifold. Secondly, an optimal differentiable sphere theorem is proved for 4-dimensional complete submanifolds in a space form. which provides aa partial solution of the smooth Poincare conjecture. Finally, some new differentiable sphere theorems are proved for \(n\)-dimensional submanifolds in a Riemannian manifolds.