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Main Author: Smith, Graham
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Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.14868
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contents In the study of immersed surfaces of constant positive extrinsic curvature in space-forms, it is natural to substitute completeness for a weaker property, which we here call quasicompleteness. We determine the global geometry of such surfaces under the hypotheses of quasicompleteness. In particular, we show that, for $k>\text{Max}(0,-c)$, the only quasicomplete immersed surfaces of constant extrinsic curvature equal to $k$ in the $3$-dimensional space-form of constant sectional curvature equal to $c$ are the geodesic spheres. Together with earlier work of the author, this completes the classification of quasicomplete immersed surfaces of constant positive extrinsic curvature in $3$-dimensional space-forms.
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spellingShingle On quasicomplete $k$-surfaces in $3$-dimensional space-forms
Smith, Graham
Differential Geometry
53A05
In the study of immersed surfaces of constant positive extrinsic curvature in space-forms, it is natural to substitute completeness for a weaker property, which we here call quasicompleteness. We determine the global geometry of such surfaces under the hypotheses of quasicompleteness. In particular, we show that, for $k>\text{Max}(0,-c)$, the only quasicomplete immersed surfaces of constant extrinsic curvature equal to $k$ in the $3$-dimensional space-form of constant sectional curvature equal to $c$ are the geodesic spheres. Together with earlier work of the author, this completes the classification of quasicomplete immersed surfaces of constant positive extrinsic curvature in $3$-dimensional space-forms.
title On quasicomplete $k$-surfaces in $3$-dimensional space-forms
topic Differential Geometry
53A05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.14868