Hypersurfaces without selfintersections in the torus (Q4025985)

[For the entire collection see Zbl 0745.00054.] Let \(F\) be a properly embedded contractible \(C^ 1\)-hypersurface of \(\mathbb{R}^ n\) whose projection to the torus \(T^ n\) is without selfintersections. The author introduces a subgroup \(G(F)\subset\mathbb{Z}^ n\) whose rank is the minium of the volume growths of the two components of \(\mathbb{R}^ n\setminus F\). He proves the Theorem: If both of these components have volume growth \(n\), then \(F\) lies between and separates two parallel hyperplanes of \(\mathbb{R}^ n\). If one has volume growth \(n-1\) then \(F\) lies between two hyperplanes which are invariant under \(G(F)\) and which are contained in the same component of \(\mathbb{R}^ n\backslash F\).