Distribution of minimal varieties in spheres in terms of the coordinate functions (Q2566488)

Let \(M\) be a \(k\)-dimensional compact and minimal submanifold in the unit sphere \(S^{n}\). The author proves: 1.\ If the codimension is one \((k=n-1)\) and the normalized Ricci curvature of \(M\) is not greater than \(1-a^{2}/(n-2)\), for some constant \(a\), then the boundary of every geodesic ball in \(S^{n}\) with radius \(\cot ^{-1}(a)\) must intersect \(M\). 2. In any codimension and for every orthonormal basis \(\{P_{i}\}_{i=1}^{n+1}\) of \(\mathbb R^{n+1}\), the boundary of the geodesic ball in \(S^{n}\) with center \(P_{i}\), for some \(i\), and radius \(\cos ^{-1}(1-\sqrt{(n-2)/(n+1)})\) intersects \(M\).