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A proof of the DDVV conjecture and its equality case

Differential Geometry 2009-06-27 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we give a proof of the DDVV conjecture which is a pointwise inequality involving the scalar curvature, the normal scalar curvature and the mean curvature on a submanifold of a real space form. Furthermore we solved the problem of its equality case.

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@article{arxiv.0801.0650,
  title  = {A proof of the DDVV conjecture and its equality case},
  author = {Jianquan Ge and Zizhou Tang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.0650},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

10 pages,submitted, a revised version with minor corrections to Cor1.2