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Distance functions and umbilic submanifolds of hyperbolic space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Thomas E. Cecil  and
Patrick J. Ryan
Thomas E. Cecil
Affiliation:
Department of MathematicsCollege of the Holy Cross
Patrick J. Ryan
Affiliation:
Department of MathematicsIndiana University at South Bend
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In 1972, Nomizu and Rodriguez [5] found the following characterization of the complete umbilic submanifolds of Euclidean space.

Theorem A. Let Mn, n ≥ 2, be a connected, complete Riemannian manifold isometrically immersed in a Euclidean space Em. Every Morse function of the form Lp has index 0 or n at all of its critical points if and only if Mnis embedded as a Euclidean n-subspace or a Euclidean n-sphere in Em.

Keywords

53C4053B25
Type
Research Article
Information
Nagoya Mathematical Journal , Volume 74 , July 1979 , pp. 67 - 75
Copyright
Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1979

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