An optimal inequality on locally strongly convex centroaffine hypersurfaces (Q1742960)

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An optimal inequality on locally strongly convex centroaffine hypersurfaces
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    An optimal inequality on locally strongly convex centroaffine hypersurfaces (English)
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    12 April 2018
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    In this paper, the following conclusion is given: Let \(x: M^n\to \mathbb R^{n+1}\) be a locally strongly convex centroaffine hypersurface. Then the difference tensor \(K\) and the Tchebychev vector field \(T\) of \(M^n\) satisfy \[ ||\hat{\nabla}K||^2\geq {{3n^2}\over{n+2}}||\hat{\nabla}T||^2. \] Equality holds at every point of \(M^n\) if and only if \(\hat{\nabla}K=0\) and \(x(M^n)\) is one of 8 special cases.
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    centroaffine hypersurface
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    locally strongly convex
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    difference tensor
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    Tchebychev vector field
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    parallel cubic form
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