A constant rank theorem for level sets of immersed hypersurfaces in R^n+1 with prescribed mean curvature

DOI10.2140/PJM.2010.245.255MaRDI QIDQ968597zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Changqing Hu, Xinan Ma, Qianzhong Ou

Publication date 5 May 2010

Published in Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://pjm.math.berkeley.edu/pjm/2010/245-2/p04.xhtml

zbMATH Keywords

contant rank theoremlevel setsmean curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Second-order elliptic equations (35J15) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42)

Review text

In the case of an immersed hypersurface with prescribed mean curvature, the authors prove a sufficient condition for having the second fundamental forms of all level sets of the same rank. A formula for the curvatures of the level sets is also established.

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