VOLUME ESTIMATE VIA TOTAL CURVATURE IN HYPERBOLIC SPACES (Q4418921)

Let \(H^n(-k^2)\) be the hyperbolic space with constant sectional curvature \(-k^2\), and let \(D\subset H^n(-k^2)\) be a convex compact domain with non-empty interior and smooth boundary. In this paper the author shows that \[ \int_{\partial D}K\geq (n-1)k^n \text{Vol}(D)+\text{Vol}(S^{n-1}), \] where \(K\) is the Gauss-Kronecker curvature with respect to the outward normal field of \(\partial D,\) and \(\text{Vol}(S^{n-1})\) denotes the Euclidean \((n-1)\)-volume of the unit sphere \(S^{n-1}\) (notice that, being as \(D\) is convex, one has \(K\geq 0\) on \(\partial D\)). The author indicates also a possible application of such a theorem in the case where \(D\) is the convex hull of \(m\) points in the hyperbolic space \(H^n(-1).\)