A characterization of horizontally totally geodesic hypersurfaces in Heisenberg groups

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Main Authors: Pinamonti, Andrea, Verzellesi, Simone
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author Pinamonti, Andrea
Verzellesi, Simone
author_facet Pinamonti, Andrea
Verzellesi, Simone
contents In this paper we achieve a first concrete step towards a better understanding of the so-called Bernstein problem in higher dimensional Heisenberg groups. Indeed, in the sub-Riemannian Heisenberg group $\mathbb{H}^n$, with $n\geq 2$, we show that the only entire hypersurfaces with vanishing horizontal symmetric second fundamental form are hyperplanes. This result relies on a sub-Riemannian characterization of a higher dimensional ruling property, as well as on the study of sub-Riemannian geodesics on Heisenberg hypersurfaces.
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spellingShingle A characterization of horizontally totally geodesic hypersurfaces in Heisenberg groups
Pinamonti, Andrea
Verzellesi, Simone
Differential Geometry
53C17, 49Q05
In this paper we achieve a first concrete step towards a better understanding of the so-called Bernstein problem in higher dimensional Heisenberg groups. Indeed, in the sub-Riemannian Heisenberg group $\mathbb{H}^n$, with $n\geq 2$, we show that the only entire hypersurfaces with vanishing horizontal symmetric second fundamental form are hyperplanes. This result relies on a sub-Riemannian characterization of a higher dimensional ruling property, as well as on the study of sub-Riemannian geodesics on Heisenberg hypersurfaces.
title A characterization of horizontally totally geodesic hypersurfaces in Heisenberg groups
topic Differential Geometry
53C17, 49Q05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.13148