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Hypersurfaces with null higher order anisotropic mean curvature

Differential Geometry 2013-06-21 v2

Abstract

Given a positive function FF on Sn\mathbb S^n which satisfies a convexity condition, for 1rn1\leq r\leq n, we define for hypersurfaces in Rn+1\mathbb{R}^{n+1} the rr-th anisotropic mean curvature function Hr;FH_{r; F}, a generalization of the usual rr-th mean curvature function. We call a hypersurface is anisotropic minimal if HF=H1;F=0H_F=H_{1; F}=0, and anisotropic rr-minimal if Hr+1;F=0H_{r+1; F}=0. Let WW be the set of points which are omitted by the hyperplanes tangent to MM. We will prove that if an oriented hypersurface MM is anisotropic minimal, and the set WW is open and non-empty, then x(M)x(M) is a part of a hyperplane of Rn+1\mathbb R^{n+1}. We also prove that if an oriented hypersurface MM is anisotropic rr-minimal and its rr-th anisotropic mean curvature Hr;FH_{r; F} is nonzero everywhere, and the set WW is open and non-empty, then MM has anisotropic relative nullity nrn-r.

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@article{arxiv.1112.2231,
  title  = {Hypersurfaces with null higher order anisotropic mean curvature},
  author = {Yijun He},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.2231},
  year   = {2013}
}

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