Dupin hypersurfaces with four principal curvatures. II.

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Abstract: If M is an isoparametric hypersurface in a sphere Sn with four distrinct principal curvatures, then the principal curvatures kappa1,...,kappa4 can be ordered so that their multiplicities satisfy m1=m2 and m3=m4, 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 Rn (or Sn) with four distinct principal curvatures with multiplicities m1=m2geq1 and m3=m4=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.









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