Gap theorems for complete \(\lambda\)-hypersurfaces (Q2397680)

A hypersurface \(X:M\to\mathbb R^{n+1}\) is called a \(\lambda\)-hypersurface if it satisfies \[ H+\frac{1}{2}\langle X,N\rangle=\lambda, \] where \(\lambda\) is a constant, \(H\) is the mean curvature and \(N\) is the unit inward normal vector. A \(\lambda\)-hypersurface is also characterized as the critical point of the weighted area functional \(\int_Me^{-\frac{1}{4}| |^2}d\mu\) for weighted volume-preserving variations, and it is a self-shrinker of the mean curvature flow when \(\lambda=0\). The authors obtain several integral curvature pinching theorems for \(\lambda\)-hypersurfaces. They prove that an \(n\)-dimensional complete \(\lambda\)-hypersurface with \(n\geq 3\) is a hyperplane if the \(L^n\)-norm of the second fundamental form is less than an explicit positive constant depending only on \(n\) and \(\lambda\), or the mean curvature is suitably bounded and the \(L^n\)-norm of the trace-free second fundamental form is less than an explicit positive constant depending only on \(n\) and \(\lambda\). They also obtain similar results for \(\lambda\)-surfaces under \(L^4\)-curvature pinching conditions.