Geometry of isoparametric hypersurfaces in Riemannian manifolds

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DOI10.4310/AJM.2014.V18.N1.A6zbMATH Open1292.53040arXiv1006.2577OpenAlexW1977821448WikidataQ115206096 ScholiaQ115206096MaRDI QIDQ2017216FDOQ2017216


Authors: Zizhou Tang, Jianquan Ge Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 25 June 2014

Published in: The Asian Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In a previous work, we studied isoparametric functions on Riemannian manifolds, especially on exotic spheres. One result there says that, in the family of isoparametric hypersurfaces of a closed Riemannian manifold, there exist at least one minimal isoparametric hypersurface. In this note, we show such minimal isoparametric hypersurface is also unique in the family if the ambient manifold has positive Ricci curvature. Moreover, we give a proof of the Theorem D claimed by Q.M.Wang (without proof) which asserts that the focal submanifolds of an isoparametric function on a complete Riemannian manifold are minimal. Further, we study isoparametric hypersurfaces with constant principal curvatures in general Riemannian manifolds. It turns out that in this case the focal submanifolds have the same properties as those in standard sphere, i.e., the shape operator with respect to any normal direction has common constant principal curvatures. Some necessary conditions involving Ricci curvature and scalar curvature are also derived.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.2577




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