Three-dimensional saddle hypersurfaces with a constant second symmetric principal curvature function (Q2366383)

A generalization of negatively curved surfaces of revolution in a Euclidean space \(E^ 3\) is considered. The main result is the following Theorem. Let \(F^ 3\subset E^ 4\) be a regular hypersurface for which: 1. The second symmetric function of the principal curvatures equals identically \(-1\). 2. An asymptotic cone in each point is circular. 3. The principal distributions are integrable. Then \(F\) is a revolution hypersurface. Its position vector is of the form \[ r(u_ 1,u_ 2,v) = f(v)\rho(u_ 1,u_ 2) + vl, \] where \(l\) is a unit vector on the axis of revolution, \(v\) is the arc length of this axis, \(f\) is a function satisfying the equation \((df/dv)^ 2 + c^ 2 = 3 cf/(1-f^ 3)\) (\(c = \text{const} \neq 0\)) and \(\rho(u_ 1,u_ 2)\) is the position vector of a sphere \(S^ 2\) of radius \(1/c\) in the Euclidean space \(E^ 3\), orthogonal to the axis of revolution centered on this axis. It is shown that under the conditions of the Theorem there is no analog to the pseudosphere in 3-dimensional case. The proof is based on the methods of local differential geometry.