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On Complete Conformally flat submanifolds with nullity in Euclidean space

Differential Geometry 2019-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this note, we investigate conformally flat submanifolds of Euclidean space with positive index of relative nullity. Let MnM^n be a complete conformally flat manifold and let f ⁣:MnRmf\colon M^n\to \R^m be an isometric immersion. We prove the following results: (1) If the index of relative nullity is at least two, then MnM^n is flat and ff is a cylinder over a flat submanifold. (2) If the scalar curvature of MnM^n is non-negative and the index of relative nullity is positive, then ff is a cylinder over a submanifold with constant non-negative sectional curvature. (3) If the scalar curvature of MnM^n is non-zero and the index of relative nullity is constant and equal to one, then ff is a cylinder over a (n1)(n-1)-dimensional submanifold with non-zero constant sectional curvature.

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@article{arxiv.1905.09040,
  title  = {On Complete Conformally flat submanifolds with nullity in Euclidean space},
  author = {Christos-Raent Onti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.09040},
  year   = {2019}
}

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6 pages

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