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A Cartan type identity for isoparametric hypersurfaces in symmetric spaces

Differential Geometry 2014-09-22 v4

Abstract

In this paper, we obtain a Cartan type identity for curvature-adapted isoparametric hypersurfaces in symmetric spaces of compact type or non-compact type. This identity is a generalization of Cartan-D'Atri's identity for curvature-adapted(=amenable) isoparametric hypersurfaces in rank one symmetric spaces. Furthermore, by using the Cartan type identity, we show that certain kind of curvature-adapted isoparametric hypersurfaces in a symmetric space of non-compact type are principal orbits of Hermann actions.

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@article{arxiv.1010.1652,
  title  = {A Cartan type identity for isoparametric hypersurfaces in symmetric spaces},
  author = {Naoyuki Koike},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.1652},
  year   = {2014}
}

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