Gauss map and the topology of constant mean curvature hypersurfaces of S^7 and CP^3

DOI10.1007/S00229-019-01156-3MaRDI QIDQ786002zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Fidelis Bittencourt, Pedro Fusieger, Eduardo R. Longa, Jaime Ripoll

Publication date 12 August 2020

Published in Manuscripta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.02560

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonassociative division algebras (17A35) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Differential geometric aspects of harmonic maps (53C43)

Abstract: We define a Gauss map $gamma:Mightarrowmathbb{S}^6$ of an oriented hypersurface $M$ of the unit sphere $mathbb{S}^7$ and prove that $gamma$ is harmonic if and only if $M$ has CMC. Results on the geometry and topology of CMC hypersurfaces of $mathbb{S}^7$, under hypothesis on the image of $gamma$, are then obtained. By a Hopf symmetrization process we define a Gauss map for hypersurfaces of $mathbb{CP}^3$ and obtain similar results for CMC hypersurfaces of this space.

Review text

Having in mind the classifications of the images of complete minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^3$ by the Gauss map as well as the images of surfaces of constant mean curvatures with the constraint that these images are included in hemispheres, the authors of this paper extend these studies to the case of a Gaussian map $\gamma:M\to S^6$ of an oriented hypersurface $M$ of the unit sphere $S^7$. They show that $\gamma$ is harmonic if and only if $M$ has constant mean curvature. They establish interesting results on the topology and the geometry of the surfaces of constant mean curvatures of the sphere $S^7$, under a hypothesis on the image. By a symmetrization process of Hopf, they define a Gauss map for the hypersurfaces of the projective space $\mathbb{CP}^3$ and they obtain similar results for the constant mean curvature hypersurfaces of this space.

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