GLOBAL RIGIDITY THEOREMS FOR SUBMANIFOLDS WITH PARALLEL MEAN CURVATURE

In this paper,we mainly study the global rigidity theorem of Riemannian submanifolds in space forms.Let Mn(n≥3)be a complete minimal submanifold in the unit sphere Sn+p(1).Forλ∈[0,n2−1/p),there is an explicit positive constant C(n,p,λ),depending only on n,p,λ,such that,if∫MSn/2dM<∞,∫M(S−λ)n/2+dM<C(n,p,λ),then Mn is a totally geodetic sphere,where S denotes the square of the second fundamental form of the submanifold and∫+=max{0,f}.Similar conclusions can be obtained for a complete submanifold with parallel mean curvature in the Euclidean space Rn+p.

ON COMPLETE SPACE-LIKE SUBMANIFOLDS WITH PARALLEL MEAN CURVATURE VECTOR

Let M n be a complete space-like submanifold with parallel mean curvature vector in an indefinite space form N n+p p (c).A sharp estimate for the upper bound of the norm of the second fundamental form of M n is obtained. A generalization of this result to complete space-like hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature in a Lorentz manifold is given. Moreover, harmonic Gauss maps of M n in N n+p p(c) in a generalized sense are considered.

SPACELIKE SUBMANIFOLDS IN THE DE SITTER SPACE S_p^(n+p)(c) WITH CONSTANT SCALAR CURVATURE

Let Mn be a closed spacelike submanifold isometrically immersed in de Sitter space S^n+p _p(c).Denote by R,H and S the normalized scalar curvature,the mean curvature and the square of the length of the second fundamental form of Mn,respectively.Suppose R is constant and R≤c. The pinching problem on S is studied and a rigidity theorem for Mn immersed in ~S^n+p _p(c) with parallel normalized mean curvature vector field is proved.When n≥3, the pinching constant is the best.Thus,the mistake of the paper “Space-like hypersurfaces in de Sitter space with constant scalar curvature”(see Manus Math,1998,95:499-505) is corrected.Moreover,the reduction of the codimension when Mn is a complete submanifold in S^n+p _p(c) with parallel normalized mean curvature vector field is investigated.

A complete classification of Blaschke parallel submanifolds with vanishing Mbius form

The Blaschke tensor and the Mbius form are two of the fundamental invariants in the Mobius geometry of submanifolds;an umbilic-free immersed submanifold in real space forms is called Blaschke parallel if its Blaschke tensor is parallel.We prove a theorem which,together with the known classification result for Mobius isotropic submanifolds,successfully establishes a complete classification of the Blaschke parallel submanifolds in S^n with vanishing Mobius form.Before doing so,a broad class of new examples of general codimensions is explicitly constructed.

On Submanifolds of the Unit Sphere with Vanishing Mobius Form and Parallel Para-Blaschke Tensor

The para-Blaschke tensor are extended in this paper from hypersurfaces to general higher codimensional submanifolds in the unit sphere S^(n),which is invariant under the Mobius transformations on Sn.Then some typical new examples of umbilic-free submanifolds in Snwith vanishing Mobius form and a parallel para-Blaschke tensor of two distinct eigenvalues,D_(1) and D_(2),are constructed.The main theorem of this paper is a simple characterization of these newly found examples in terms of the eigenvalues D_(1) and D_(2).

Proper Biharmonic Submanifolds in a Sphere

In this paper, we obtain a constraint of the mean curvature for proper biharmonic submanifolds in a sphere. We give some characterizations of some proper biharmonic submanifolds with parallel mean curvature vector in a sphere. We also construct some new examples of proper biharmonic submanifolds in a sphere.