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Normal Scalar Curvature Inequality on a Class of Austere Submanifolds

Differential Geometry 2026-01-06 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we establish new normal scalar curvature inequalities on a class of austere submanifolds by proving sharper DDVV-type inequalities on associated austere subspaces. We also provide some examples of austere submanifolds in this class and point out one of them achieves the equality in our normal scalar curvature inequality everywhere. As a byproduct, we obtain a Simons-type gap theorem for closed austere submanifolds in unit spheres which belong to that class.

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@article{arxiv.2410.17761,
  title  = {Normal Scalar Curvature Inequality on a Class of Austere Submanifolds},
  author = {Jianquan Ge and Ya Tao and Yi Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.17761},
  year   = {2026}
}

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24 pages, any comments are welcome, accepted by Math. Z