CMC foliations of closed manifolds

DOI10.1007/S12220-015-9603-9zbMATH Open1352.53022arXiv1404.1725OpenAlexW1973888457MaRDI QIDQ2631007FDOQ2631007

William H. III Meeks, Joaquín Pérez

Publication date: 28 July 2016

Published in: The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that every closed, smooth $n$-manifold $X$ admits a Riemannian metric together with a smooth, transversely oriented CMC foliation if and only if its Euler characteristic is zero, where by CMC foliation we mean a codimension-one, transversely oriented foliation with leaves of constant mean curvature and where the value of the constant mean curvature can vary from leaf to leaf. Furthermore, we prove that this CMC foliation of $X$ can be chosen so that the constant values of the mean curvatures of its leaves change sign. We also prove a general structure theorem for any such non-minimal CMC foliation of $X$ that describes relationships between the geometry and topology of the leaves, including the property that there exist compact leaves for every attained value of the mean curvature.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.1725

zbMATH Keywords

foliationconstant mean curvature hypersurfaceturbulization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Foliations (differential geometric aspects) (53C12) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory (57R30)

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