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We show that the constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in the hyperbolic n-space spanning the boundary of a star shaped C^{1,1} domain in the asymptotic sphere give a foliation of the hyperbolic n-space. We also show that if C is a closed…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-05-03 Baris Coskunuzer

Liebmann's Theorem asserts that a compact, connected, convex surface with constant mean curvature (CMC) in the Euclidean space must be a totally umbilical sphere. In this article we extend Liebmann's result to hypersurfaces with boundary.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Flávio França Cruz , Barbara Nelli

We classify the hypersurfaces of Euclidean space that carry a totally geodesic foliation with complete leaves of codimension one. In particular, we show that rotation hypersurfaces with complete profiles of codimension one are characterized…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-01-27 M. Dajczer , V. Rovenski , R. Tojeiro

In this paper we study surfaces in Euclidean 3-space foliated by pieces of circles and that satisfy a Weingarten condition of type $a H+b K=c$, where $a,b$ and $c$ are constant and $H$ and $K$ denote the mean curvature and the Gauss…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Rafael López

We study hypersurfaces with fractional mean curvature in N-dimensional Euclidean space. These hypersurfaces are critical points of the fractional perimeter under a volume constraint. We use local inversion arguments to prove existence of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-06 Ignace Aristide Minlend , Alassane Niang , El Hadji Abdoulaye Thiam

In this paper, we prove that minimal hypersurfaces when $n\geq 3$ and nonzero constant mean curvature hypersurfaces when $n\geq2$ foliated by spheres in parallel horizontal hyperplanes in ${\mathbb{H}}^n \times \mathbb{R}$ must be…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-02-23 Keomkyo Seo

Generalizing a theorem of Huang, Cheng and Wan classified the complete hypersurfaces of $\mathbb R^4$ with non-zero constant mean curvature and constant scalar curvature. In our work, we obtain results of this nature in higher dimensions.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-06-03 Roberto Alonso Núñez

In this paper we study surfaces foliated by a uniparametric family of circles in the homogeneous space Sol$_3$. We prove that there do not exist such surfaces with zero mean curvature or with zero Gaussian curvature. We extend this study…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-10 Rafael López , Ana Nistor

This paper concerns the global theory of properly embedded spacelike surfaces in three-dimensional Minkowski space in relation to their Gaussian curvature. We prove that every regular domain which is not a wedge is uniquely foliated by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-13 Francesco Bonsante , Andrea Seppi , Peter Smillie

Using Green's theorem we reduce the variation of the total mean curvature of a smooth surface in the Euclidean 3-space to a line integral of a special vector field and obtain the following well-known theorem as an immediate consequence: the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-10-10 Victor Alexandrov

We develop a regularity and compactness theory for stable capillary minimal hypersurfaces in the half-space $\mathbb{H}^{n+1}$ with contact angle $\theta \in (0,\pi)$ and dimension $n \geq 2$. As a consequence, we obtain the generalized…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Gaoming Wang , Xuwen Zhang

In this paper, our purpose is to study rigidity theorems for $\lambda$-hypersurfaces in Euclidean space under Gauss map. As a Bernstein type problem for $\lambda$-hypersurfaces, we prove that an entirely graphic $\lambda$-hypersurface in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-21 Qing-Ming Cheng , Guoxin Wei

Foliations by constant mean curvature hypersurfaces provide a possibility of defining a preferred time coordinate in general relativity. In the following various conjectures are made about the existence of foliations of this kind in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-04-15 Alan D. Rendall

We prove that any complete, uniformly elliptic Weingarten surface in Euclidean $3$-space whose Gauss map image omits an open hemisphere is a cylinder or a plane. This generalizes a classical theorem by Hoffman, Osserman and Schoen for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-23 Isabel Fernandez , Jose A. Galvez , Pablo Mira

The rigidity of the positive mass theorem states that the only complete asymptotically flat manifold of nonnegative scalar curvature and zero mass is Euclidean space. We prove a corresponding stability theorem for spaces that can be…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-19 Lan-Hsuan Huang , Dan A. Lee

We show that closed hypersurfaces in Euclidean space with nonnegative scalar curvature are weakly mean convex. In contrast, the statement is no longer true if the scalar curvature is replaced by the k-th mean curvature, for k greater than…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-05-03 Lan-Hsuan Huang , Damin Wu

We prove the existence of foliations by area-minimizing hypersurfaces in asymptotically flat (AF) manifolds with arbitrary dimension and arbitrary ends. Also we provide behaviors of those hypersurfaces near the infinity of AF ends and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Shihang He , Yuguang Shi , Haobin Yu

In this paper, we study stability problem of anisotropic capillary hypersurfaces in an Euclidean half-space. We prove that any compact immersed anisotropic capillary constant anisotropic mean curvature hypersurface in the half-space is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-15 Jinyu Guo , Chao Xia

We prove a Bernstein theorem for $\Phi$-anisotropic minimal hypersurfaces in all dimensional Euclidean spaces that the only entire smooth solutions $u: \mathbb{R}^{n}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ of $\Phi$-anisotropic minimal hypersurfaces…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-05 Wenkui Du , Yang Yang

We develop a global theory for complete hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ whose mean curvature is given as a prescribed function of its Gauss map. This theory extends the usual one of constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-26 Antonio Bueno , Jose A. Galvez , Pablo Mira