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Dupin hypersurfaces with four principal curvatures, II

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

If MM is an isoparametric hypersurface in a sphere SnS^n with four distrinct principal curvatures, then the principal curvatures κ1,...,κ4\kappa_1,...,\kappa_4 can be ordered so that their multiplicities satisfy m1=m2m_1=m_2 and m3=m4m_3=m_4, and the cross-ratio rr of the principal curvatures (the Lie curvature) equals -1. In this paper, we prove that if MM is an irreducible connected proper Dupin hypersurface in Rn\R^n (or SnS^n) with four distinct principal curvatures with multiplicities m1=m21m_1=m_2 \geq 1 and m3=m4=1m_3=m_4=1, and constant Lie curvature r=1r=-1, then MM is equivalent by Lie sphere transformation to an isoparametric hypersurface in a sphere. This result remains true if the assumption of irreducibility is replaced by compactness and rr is merely assumed to be constant.

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@article{arxiv.math/0512090,
  title  = {Dupin hypersurfaces with four principal curvatures, II},
  author = {Thomas Cecil and Quo-Shin Chi and Gary Jensen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0512090},
  year   = {2007}
}
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