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SOME SPHERE THEOREMS FOR SUBMANIFOLDS WITH POSITIVE BIORTHOGONAL CURVATURE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

ELZIMAR RUFINO*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemática, Universidade Federal de Roraima, UFRR, Campus Paricarana, Bloco V. Av. Cap. Ene Garcez, 2413, Bairro Aeroporto, 69310-000, Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil e-mail: elzimar.rufino@ufrr.br, fenix.elzy@gmail.com
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Abstract

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate sphere theorems for submanifolds with positive biorthogonal (sectional) curvature. We provide some upper bounds for the full norm of the second fundamental form under which a compact submanifold must be diffeomorphic to a sphere.

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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 2017 

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