On Yau rigidity theorem for minimal submanifolds in spheres

DOI10.4310/MRL.2012.V19.N3.A1MaRDI QIDQ2391620zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Juan-Ru Gu, Hongwei Xu

Publication date 5 August 2013

Published in Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.5732

zbMATH Keywords

sectional curvaturemean curvatureminimal submanifoldYau rigidity theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rigidity results (53C24) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42)

Abstract: In this note, we investigate the well-known Yau rigidity theorem for minimal submanifolds in spheres. Using the parameter method of Yau and the DDVV inequality verified by Lu, Ge and Tang, we prove that if $M$ is an $n$-dimensional oriented compact minimal submanifold in the unit sphere $S^{n+p}(1)$, and if $K_{M}geqfracsgn(p-1)p2(p+1),$ then $M$ is either a totally geodesic sphere, the standard immersion of the product of two spheres, or the Veronese surface in $S^4(1)$. Here $sgn(cdot)$ is the standard sign function. We also extend the rigidity theorem above to the case where $M$ is a compact submanifold with parallel mean curvature in a space form.

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