Polyharmonic hypersurfaces into space forms

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Main Authors: Montaldo, S., Oniciuc, C., Ratto, A.
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author Montaldo, S.
Oniciuc, C.
Ratto, A.
author_facet Montaldo, S.
Oniciuc, C.
Ratto, A.
contents In this paper we shall assume that the ambient manifold is a space form $N^{m+1}(c)$ and we shall consider polyharmonic hypersurfaces of order $r$ (briefly, $r$-harmonic), where $r\geq 3$ is an integer. For this class of hypersurfaces we shall prove that, if $c \leq 0$, then any $r$-harmonic hypersurface must be minimal provided that the mean curvature function and the squared norm of the shape operator are constant. When the ambient space is $\mathbb{S}^{m+1}$, we shall obtain the geometric condition which characterizes the $r$-harmonic hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature and constant squared norm of the shape operator, and we shall establish the bounds for these two constants. In particular, we shall prove the existence of several new examples of proper $r$-harmonic isoparametric hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{S}^{m+1}$ for suitable values of $m$ and $r$. Finally, we shall show that all these $r$-harmonic hypersurfaces are also $ES-r$-harmonic, i.e., critical points of the Eells-Sampson $r$-energy functional.
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spellingShingle Polyharmonic hypersurfaces into space forms
Montaldo, S.
Oniciuc, C.
Ratto, A.
Differential Geometry
58E20, 53C43
In this paper we shall assume that the ambient manifold is a space form $N^{m+1}(c)$ and we shall consider polyharmonic hypersurfaces of order $r$ (briefly, $r$-harmonic), where $r\geq 3$ is an integer. For this class of hypersurfaces we shall prove that, if $c \leq 0$, then any $r$-harmonic hypersurface must be minimal provided that the mean curvature function and the squared norm of the shape operator are constant. When the ambient space is $\mathbb{S}^{m+1}$, we shall obtain the geometric condition which characterizes the $r$-harmonic hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature and constant squared norm of the shape operator, and we shall establish the bounds for these two constants. In particular, we shall prove the existence of several new examples of proper $r$-harmonic isoparametric hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{S}^{m+1}$ for suitable values of $m$ and $r$. Finally, we shall show that all these $r$-harmonic hypersurfaces are also $ES-r$-harmonic, i.e., critical points of the Eells-Sampson $r$-energy functional.
title Polyharmonic hypersurfaces into space forms
topic Differential Geometry
58E20, 53C43
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.10790