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Embeddedness of spheres in homogeneous three-manifolds

Differential Geometry 2016-01-26 v1

Abstract

Let XX denote a metric Lie group diffeomorphic to R3\mathbb{R}^3 that admits an algebraic open book decomposition. In this paper we prove that if Σ\Sigma is an immersed surface in XX whose left invariant Gauss map is a diffeomorphism onto S2\mathbb{S}^2, then Σ\Sigma is an embedded sphere. As a consequence, we deduce that any constant mean curvature sphere of index one in XX is embedded.

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@article{arxiv.1601.06619,
  title  = {Embeddedness of spheres in homogeneous three-manifolds},
  author = {William H. Meeks and Pablo Mira and Joaquín Pérez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.06619},
  year   = {2016}
}

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12 pages, 2 figures