Integral estimates for the trace of symmetric operators

Abstract: Let

P h i : T M o T M

be a positive-semidefinite symmetric operator of class

C^{1}

defined on a complete non-compact manifold

M

isometrically immersed in a Hadamard space

. In this paper, we given conditions on the operator

P h i

and on the second fundamental form to guarantee that either

P h i e q u i v 0

or the integral

i n t_{M} m a t h r m t r, P h i d M

is infinite. We will given some applications. The first one says that if

M

admits an integrable distribution whose integrals are minimal submanifolds in

then the volume of

M

must be infinite. Another application states that if the sectional curvature of

satisfies

, for some

c g e q 0

, and

l a m b d a : M^{m} o [0, i n f t y)

is a nonnegative

C^{1}

function such that gradient vector of

l a m b d a

and the mean curvature vector

H

of the immersion satisfy

| H + p a b l a l a m b d a | l e q (m - 1) c l a m b d a

, for some

p g e q 1

, then either

l a m b d a e q u i v 0

or the integral

i n t_{M} l a m b d a^{s} d M

is infinite, for all

1 l e q s l e q p

.

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