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Totally umbilical submanifolds in irreducible symmetric spaces

Bang‐Yen ChenPaul Verheyen

Year: 1982 Journal:   Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society Series A Pure Mathematics and Statistics Vol: 32 (3)Pages: 332-338   Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Abstract

Abstract A submanifold of a Riemannian manifold is called a totally umbilical submanifold if its first and second fundamental forms are proportional. In this paper we prove the following best possible result.

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Submanifold Mathematics Pure mathematics Manifold (fluid mechanics) Riemannian manifold Mathematical analysis

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Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows
Physical Sciences →  Mathematics →  Applied Mathematics
Advanced Differential Geometry Research
Physical Sciences →  Physics and Astronomy →  Astronomy and Astrophysics
Point processes and geometric inequalities
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