Differentiable sphere theorems for submanifolds of positive \(k\)-th Ricci curvature (Q431144)

\textit{P. Hartman} introduced the concept of \(k\)-th Ricci curvature in [J. Differ. Equations 34, 326--338 (1979; Zbl 0443.34029)] for Riemannian manifolds. The authors of this paper are motivated by results on minimal submanifolds of spheres (see [\textit{S.-T. Yau}, Am. J. Math. 96, 346--366 (1974; Zbl 0304.53041); ibid. 97, 76--100 (1975; Zbl 0304.53042); \textit{U. Simon}, Arch. Math. 29, 106--112 (1977; Zbl 0389.53028)]) and prove several pinching theorems for compact immersed submanifolds of positive \(k\)-th Ricci curvature.