Curvature properties of hypersurfaces (Q1881538)

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    Curvature properties of hypersurfaces (English)
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    5 October 2004
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    In the paper under review, the curvature properties of the graph of a function defined on the whole \({\mathbb R}^n\) are considered. Let \(\| A \| \) be the length of the shape operator \(A\) of the graph. It is shown that \(\inf \| A \| =0\) if \(\| A \| \) is bounded and the usaual mean curvature does not change sign. It is also shown that the \(r\)-th mean curvature \(H_r\) is zero if \(\| A\| \) is bounded and \(H_r\) is constant.
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    mean curvature
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    shape operator
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    Newton transformation
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