Extrinsic curvature of codimension one isometric immersions with H\"older continuous derivatives
Differential Geometry
2016-09-15 v3 Analysis of PDEs
Abstract
We prove that if is even, is a compact -dimensional Riemannian manifold whose Pfaffian form is a positive multiple of the volume form, and is an isometric immersion with , then is a surface of bounded extrinsic curvature. This is proved by showing that extrinsic curvature, defined by a suitable pull-back of the volume form on the -sphere via the Gauss map, is identical to intrinsic curvature, defined by the Pfaffian form. This latter fact is stated in form of an integral identity for the Brouwer degree of the Gauss map, that is classical for functions, but new for in the present context of low regularity.
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@article{arxiv.1601.05959,
title = {Extrinsic curvature of codimension one isometric immersions with H\"older continuous derivatives},
author = {Sören Behr and Heiner Olbermann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.05959},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
20 pages; proof of Proposition 2 corrected