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In a previous work, we studied isoparametric functions on Riemannian manifolds, especially on exotic spheres. One result there says that, in the family of isoparametric hypersurfaces of a closed Riemannian manifold, there exist at least one…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-10-10 Jianquan Ge , Zizhou Tang

Let $M^{n}$ be an $n$-dimensional complete spacelike linear Weingarten submanifold immersed in a locally symmetric semi-Riemannian space $\mathbb{L}_{q}^{n+p}$ of index $q$, with parallel normalized mean curvature vector field and flat…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Jogli G. S. Araújo , Weiller F. C. Barboza

In this paper we study horizontal curvatures for surfaces embedded in three-dimensional contact sub-Riemannian Lie groups. Using a Riemannian approximation scheme, we derive explicit formulas for horizontal Gauss curvature, horizontal mean…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Elia Bubani , Andrea Pinamonti , Ioannis D. Platis , Dimitrios Tsolis

Invariant minimal surfaces in the real special linear group of degree 2 with canonical Riemannian and Lorentzian metrics are studied. Constant mean curvature surfaces with vertically harmonic Gau{\ss} map are classified.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-10-19 Jun-ichi Inoguchi

We address the problem of integrability of the sub-Riemannian mean curvature of an embedded hypersurface around isolated characteristic points. The main contribution of this note is the introduction of a concept of mildly degenerate…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-10-08 Tommaso Rossi

The Riemannian product of two hyperbolic planes of constant Gaussian curvature -1 has a natural K\"ahler structure. In fact, it can be identified with the complex hyperbolic quadric of complex dimension two. In this paper we study…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-29 Dong Gao , Joeri Van der Veken , Anne Wijffels , Botong Xu

We continue the study of the geometry and topology of compact submanifolds of arbitrary codimension in space forms that satisfy a pinching condition involving the length of the second fundamental form and the mean curvature. Our primary…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Theodoros Vlachos

We extend the framework of submanifolds in Riemannian geometry to Riemann-Cartan geometry, which addresses connections with torsion. This procedure naturally introduces a 2-form on submanifolds associated with the nontrivial ambient…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Dongha Lee

Ricci-Curbastro established necessary and sufficient conditions for a Riemannian metric on a surface to be the first fundamental form of a minimal immersion of that surface into the Euclidean space. We revisit certain developments arising…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-01-18 Lucas Ambrozio

We prove that any strongly regular Weingarten surface in Euclidean space carries locally geometric principal parameters. The basic theorem states that any strongly regular Weingarten surface is determined up to a motion by its structural…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-05-17 Georgi Ganchev , Vesselka Mihova

Substatic Riemannian manifolds with minimal boundary arise naturally in General Relativity as spatial slices of static spacetimes satisfying the Null Energy Condition. Moreover, they constitute a vast generalization of nonnegative Ricci…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-07-28 Stefano Borghini , Mattia Fogagnolo

The Gaussian curvature of a two-dimensional Riemannian manifold is uniquely determined by the choice of the metric. The formulas for computing the curvature in terms of components of the metric, in isothermal coordinates, involve the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-11-11 Haakan Hedenmalm , Yolanda Perdomo

We use variational arguments to introduce a notion of mean curvature for surfaces in the Heisenberg group H^1 endowed with its Carnot-Carath\'eodory distance. By analyzing the first variation of area, we characterize C^2 stationary surfaces…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Manuel Ritoré , César Rosales

In this paper, we investigate the rigidity problems of complete hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature and constant scalar curvature in Euclidean spaces. Firstly, under some conditions of Gaussian-Kronecker curvature, we provide…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Jianquan Ge , Ya Tao

The main point of this paper is that, under suitable conditions on the mean curvature and the Ricci curvature of the ambient space, we can extend Choi-Schoen's Compactness Theorem to compact embedded minimal surfaces to simple immersed…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-08-30 Jose M. Espinar

In Euclidean $3$-space, it is well known that the Sine-Gordon equation was considered in the nineteenth century in the course of investigations of surfaces of constant Gaussian curvature $K=-1$. Such a surface can be constructed from a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-05-26 Hung-Lin Chiu , Hsiao-Fan Liu

The study of stable minimal surfaces in Riemannian $3$-manifolds $(M, g)$ with non-negative scalar curvature has a rich history. In this paper, we prove rigidity of such surfaces when $(M, g)$ is asymptotically flat and has horizon…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-12-21 Alessandro Carlotto , Otis Chodosh , Michael Eichmair

The Euclidean paradigm that spheres optimize mean curvature variational problems breaks down in the sub-Riemannian Heisenberg group: neither the Pansu sphere nor the Kor\'anyi sphere is optimal for the variational problems associated with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Mattia Fogagnolo , Andrea Pinamonti , Simone Verzellesi

A surface of constant mean curvature (CMC) equal to $H$ in a sub-Riemannian $3$-manifold is strongly stable if it minimizes the functional $\text{area}+2H\,\text{volume}$ up to second order. In this paper we obtain some criteria ensuring…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-10-17 Ana Hurtado , César Rosales

The curvature discussed in this paper is a rather far going generalization of the Riemannian sectional curvature. We define it for a wide class of optimal control problems: a unified framework including geometric structures such as…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-11-30 Andrei Agrachev , Davide Barilari , Luca Rizzi