A characterization of quadric constant mean curvature hypersurfaces of spheres (Q942973)

From authors' abstract: Let \(\phi:M\to \mathbb{S}^{n+1}\subset \mathbb{R}^{n+2}\) be an immersion of a complete \(n\)-dimensional oriented manifold. Choosing any \(v\in \mathbb{R}^{n+2}\) we denote by \(\ell_v :M\rightarrow \mathbb{R}\) the function \(\ell_v (x)=\langle \phi (x),v\rangle\) and by \(f_v :M\rightarrow \mathbb{R}\) the function \(f_v (x)=\langle \nu (x),v\rangle\), where \(\nu:M\to \mathbb{S}^{n+1}\subset \mathbb{R}^{n+2}\) is a Gauss map. We will prove that if \(M\) has constant mean curvature and the equation \(\ell_v =\lambda f_v\) is satisfied for some \(v\neq 0\) and some real number \(\lambda\), then \(\phi (M)\) is either a totally umbilical sphere or a Clifford hypersurface. As an application, we will use this result to prove that the weak stability index of any compact constant mean curvature hypersurface \(M^n\) in \(\mathbb{S}^{n+1}\) which is neither totally umbilical nor a Clifford hypersurface and has constant scalar curvature is greater than or equal to \(2n+4\).