Dupin hypersurfaces with four principal curvatures. II.

DOI10.1007/S10711-007-9183-3MaRDI QIDQ2467178zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Thomas E. Cecil, Quo-Shin Chi, Gary R. Jensen

Publication date 21 January 2008

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0512090

zbMATH Keywords

Dupin hypersurfaceLie geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global submanifolds (53C40)

Abstract: If $M$ is an isoparametric hypersurface in a sphere $S^n$ with four distrinct principal curvatures, then the principal curvatures $kapp{a}_1,\mathrm{...},kapp{a}_4$ can be ordered so that their multiplicities satisfy $m_1=m_2$ and $m_3=m_4$, and the cross-ratio $r$ of the principal curvatures (the Lie curvature) equals -1. In this paper, we prove that if $M$ is an irreducible connected proper Dupin hypersurface in $R^n$ (or $S^n$) with four distinct principal curvatures with multiplicities $m_1=m_{2}geq1$ and $m_3=m_4=1$, and constant Lie curvature $r=-1$, then $M$ is equivalent by Lie sphere transformation to an isoparametric hypersurface in a sphere. This result remains true if the assumption of irreducibility is replaced by compactness and $r$ is merely assumed to be constant.

Review text

A hypersurface in the sphere with \(m\) constant principal curvatures is called an isoparametric hypersurface. If \(m=4\) then it is known by the work of Münzner that the principal curvatures arise in pairs of equal multiplicities \(m_1=m_2\) and \(m_3=m_4\), and their cross ratio equals \(-1\). The authors show that these properties characterize isoparametric hypersurfaces among Dupin hypersurfaces (each principal curvature constant along its curvature surface) with 4 distinct principal curvatures modulo Lie sphere transformations.

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