Minimal submanifolds with small total scalar curvature in Euclidean space (Q2427463)

Let \(M\) be an \(n\)-dimensional complete minimal submanifold of \(\mathbb R^{n+p}\). It is known that if the total curvature of \(M\) is sufficiently small, namely, if \[ \left( \int_M| A| ^n \,dM \right)^{1/n} < \sqrt{\frac{n}{n-1} C_s^{-1}},\quad n\geq 3, \] then \(M\) has only one end. Here, \(C_s\) is the usual Sobolev constant for minimal submanifolds in \(\mathbb R^{n+p}\). In the present paper, the author improves the bound in the right hand side of the above inequality to \(\frac{n}{n-1} \sqrt{C_s^{-1}}\). It is also known that if \(p=1\) and \[ \left( \int_M| A| ^n \,dM \right)^{1/n} < \sqrt{C_s^{-1}},\quad n\geq 3, \] then there are no nontrivial \(L^2\) harmonic \(1\)-forms on \(M\). The author extends this result for arbitrary codimension \(p\) as follows: Assume that \[ \left( \int_M| A| ^n \,dM \right)^{1/n} < \frac{n}{n-1} \sqrt{C_s^{-1}}. \] Then there are no nontrivial \(L^2\) harmonic \(1\)-forms on \(M\).