Nonnegatively curved Euclidean submanifolds in codimension two

DOI10.4171/CMH/398MaRDI QIDQ2374415zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Luis A. Florit, Wolfgang Ziller

Publication date 15 December 2016

Published in Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.03681

zbMATH Keywords

codimension-two submanifold Euclidean submanifolds nonnegative curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local submanifolds (53B25) Global submanifolds (53C40)

Abstract: We provide a classification of compact Euclidean submanifolds

M^{n} s u b s e t {m a t h b b R}^{n + 2}

with nonnegative sectional curvature, for

n g e 3

. The classification is in terms of the induced metric (including the diffeomorphism classification of the manifold), and we study the structure of the immersions as well. In particular, we provide the first known example of a nonorientable quotient

({m a t h b b S}^{n - 1} i m e s {m a t h b b S}^{1}) / {m a t h b b Z}_{2} s u b s e t {m a t h b b R}^{n + 2}

with nonnegative curvature. For the 3-dimensional case, we show that either the universal cover is isometric to

{m a t h b b S}^{2} i m e s m a t h b b R

, or

M^{3}

is diffeomorphic to a lens space, and the complement of the (nonempty) set of flat points is isometric to a twisted cylinder

(N^{2} i m e s m a t h b b R) / m a t h b b Z

. As a consequence we conclude that, if the set of flat points is not too big, there exists a unique flat totally geodesic surface in

M^{3}

whose complement is the union of one or two twisted cylinders over disks.

Review text

A compact positively curved codimension-2 submanifold in Euclidean space is homotopy equivalent to a sphere [\textit{J. D. Moore}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 70, 72--74 (1978; Zbl 0395.53024)]. The case of nonnegative sectional curvature is more delicate [\textit{Y. Y. Baldin} and \textit{F. Mercuri}, Math. Z. 173, 111--117 (1980; Zbl 0417.53032); Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 103, No. 3, 918--920 (1988; Zbl 0654.53057)]. The authors strengthen these results using recent outcomes about the Ricci flow (that allowed to simplify proof as well). Their classification of compact Euclidean submanifolds \(M^n\subset \mathbb R^{n+2}\), for \(n\geq3\), with nonnegative sectional curvature is in terms of the induced metric (including the diffeomorphism classification of the manifold). The authors study the structure of the immersions as well. In particular, they provide the first known example of a nonorientable quotient \((S^{n-1}\times S^1)/\mathbb Z_2\subset \mathbb R^{n+2}\) with nonnegative curvature. For the 3-dimensional case, they show that either the universal cover is isometric to \(S^2\times \mathbb R\), or \(M^3\) is diffeomorphic to a lens space, and the complement of the (nonempty) set of flat points is isometric to a twisted cylinder \((N^2\times \mathbb R)/\mathbb Z\); hence, if the set of flat points is not too big, there exists a unique flat totally geodesic surface in \(M^3\) whose complement is the union of at most two twisted cylinders over disks.

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