On space-like hypersurfaces in the de Sitter space (Q1907144)

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On space-like hypersurfaces in the de Sitter space
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    On space-like hypersurfaces in the de Sitter space (English)
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    28 May 1997
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    The author investigates compact spacelike hypersurfaces in \(S^{n+1}_1\), where \(S^{n+1}_1\) is the (\(n+1\))-dimensional Lorentzian space form of positive constant curvature \(c\), often called de Sitter space. The author proves the following Theorem: Let \(M^n\) be an \(n\)-dimensional compact spacelike hypersurface in \(S^{n+1}_1\) with constant scalar curvature. If \(M^n\) satisfies \[ K(M)\geq 0,\quad R<c, \] where \(R\) is the normalized scalar curvature of \(M^n\), then \(M^n\) is isometric to a sphere. This improves a previous result of the author on such hypersurfaces.
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    de Sitter space
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    spacelike hypersurfaces
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    scalar curvature
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