LW-surfaces with higher codimension and Liebmann's theorem in the hyperbolic space (Q2011335)

A surface \(M\) is said to be \textit{LW} if its Gaussian and mean curvatures \(K\) and \(H\) satisfy a \textit{linear Weingarten} condition \(K = aH + b\) for some real constants \(a\) and \(b\). Assuming that such an \(M\) is complete and immersed in the hyperbolic space \(\mathbb{H}^n\) with flat normal bundle and parallel normalized mean curvature vector field the authors prove that either \(M\) is umbilical or it is isometric to one of the following (flat) surfaces: \(S^1(r)\times\mathbb{R}\), \(S^1(r)\times S^1(\rho)\), \(S^1(r)\times\mathbb{H}^1(\tilde\rho)\) with suitable \(r,\, \rho\) and \(\tilde\rho\). In the proof, they show that \(M\) is an isoparametric surface. Hence, the result follows from the classification of isoparametric submanifolds of hyperbolic spaces due to \textit{B. Wu} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 331, No. 2, 609--626 (1992; Zbl 0760.53035)].