A sharp inequality for trace-free matrices with applications to hypersurfaces

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Abstract: We derive a sharp inequality relating the second and fourth elementary symmetric functions of the eigenvalues of a trace-free matrix and give two applications. First, we give a new proof of the classification of conformally flat hypersurfaces in spaceforms. Second, we construct a functional which characterizes rotational hypersurfaces and catenoids.










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