Hypersurfaces of constant mean curvature with finite index and volume of polynomial growth (Q689811)

Let \(x: M^ n \to \overline{M^{n+1}}\) be an isometric immersion of a complete noncompact Riemannian \(n\)-manifold into an oriented complete Riemannian \((n+1)\)-manifold. Let \(x: M^ n \to \overline{M^{n+1}}\) have constant mean curvature \(H\), \(\text{ind }M^ n < \infty\) and \(\text{vol}(B_ \Gamma(p)) \geq cr^{\alpha}\), where \(B_ \Gamma(p)\) is the geodesic ball of the center \(p\) and radius \(r\), \(\alpha = \text{const}\), \(c = \text{const}\). The author proves that there exists a constant \(r_ 0 > 0\) such that \(H^ 2 \leq -\inf_{M\setminus B_{r_ 0}(p)}\text{Ric}(N)\), where \(\overline{\text{Ric(N)}}\) is the value of the Ricci curvature of \(\overline{M^{n+1}}\) in the unit normal vector along \(M^ n\), \(p\) is a fixed point in \(M^ n\). In particular, if \(\overline{\text{Ric}}\geq 0\), then \(H \equiv 0\); or if \(\overline{\text{Ric}} \leq 0\), \(\inf_{M^ n}\overline{\text{Ric}} = - \delta\), \(\delta > 0\), then \(H^ 2 \leq \delta\).