5 minimal tori found in 3-spheres with positive Ricci curvature.
problem Existence of at least 5 embedded minimal tori in 3-spheres with positive Ricci curvature.
method Combination of min-max theory and mean curvature flow heuristics.
result Confirms B. White's conjecture for positive Ricci curvature.
Proves existence of special 2-spheres in curved 3-spaces.
problem Existence of constant mean curvature 2-spheres in Riemannian 3-spheres.
method Develops a min-max scheme for a weighted Dirichlet energy functional, using bi-harmonic approximation, derivative estimates, and Morse index estimates.
result Proves existence for almost every mean curvature and all for positively curved 3-spheres.
The paper studies how submanifolds of a sphere evolve over time.
problem Evolution of pinched submanifolds in the sphere.
method High codimension mean curvature flow with pinching conditions.
result Convergence to a round point or totally geodesic sphere under pinching conditions.
Concrete example of 2-sphere with constant curvature 1 and closed geodesics.
problem Constructing a 2-sphere with constant curvature 1 and closed geodesics.
method Constructing a concrete example of a Finsler metric on the 2-sphere.
result A 2-sphere with constant Gauss curvature 1 and all geodesics closed.
Proves optimal regularity for sphere minimizers in 3-sphere.
problem Finding optimal regularity for sphere minimizers.
method Proves C1,1 regularity for minimizers of prescribed mean curvature over isotopy classes. result Proves optimal C1,1 regularity for minimizers. The study classifies parallel mean curvature spheres in a sphere-hyperbolic product space.
problem Understanding surfaces with parallel mean curvature in a specific Riemannian product space.
method Analyzing the holomorphic quadratic differential and topological constraints.
result Classification of all parallel mean curvature spheres with vanishing differential.
Authors construct hypertori with constant negative mean curvature in a sphere.
problem Constructing constant mean curvature hypertori in a sphere.
method Constructing two different constant mean curvature (2n−1)-dimensional hypertori in a 2n-dimensional sphere. result Two different constant mean curvature (2n−1)-dimensional hypertori with negative mean curvature in a 2n-dimensional sphere. Sharp convergence theorem for sphere submanifolds proved.
problem Sphere submanifolds in spheres.
method Proved a sharp convergence theorem.
result New differentiable sphere theorem for submanifolds in spheres.
In the 1-parameter family of Berger spheres S^3(a), a > 0 (S^3(1) is the round 3-sphere of radius 1) we classify the stable constant mean curvature spheres, showing that in some Berger spheres (a close to 0) there are unstable constant mean curvature spheres. Also, we classify the orientable compact stable constant mea…
Study on sphere immersions and their stability indices.
problem Analyzing the stability of sphere immersions.
method Calculation of Morse indices and stability indices for specific sphere immersions.
result Bounds on stability index of associative cone in R7. We give a complete classification of the immersed constant mean curvature spheres in a three-sphere with an arbitrary homogenous metric, by proving that for each H∈R, there exists a constant mean curvature H-sphere in the space that is unique up to an ambient isometry.
Proves existence of curves with constant curvature in a sphere.
problem Existence of curves with constant geodesic curvature in a Riemannian 2-sphere.
method Develops a min-max scheme for a weighted length functional.
result Proves existence for almost every prescribed curvature.
We give a full classification of complete rotationally invariant surfaces with constant Gauss curvature in Berger spheres: they are either Clifford tori, which are flat, or spheres of Gauss curvature K≥K0 for a positive constant K0, which we determine explicitly and depends on the geometry of the ambient Ber…
The paper examines rigidity of special submanifolds in spheres with curvature constraints.
problem Rigidity of k-extremal submanifolds in a sphere under curvature conditions. method Proves pinching theorems for submanifolds with various curvature conditions.
result Various curvature conditions lead to rigidity of k-extremal submanifolds. We prove that two spheres of the same constant mean curvature in an arbitrary homogeneous three-manifold only differ by an ambient isometry, and we determine the values of the mean curvature for which such spheres exist. This gives a complete classification of immersed constant mean curvature spheres in three-dimension…
Study 4-dim hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature in unit spheres.
problem Characterize complete hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature in spheres.
method Analyze scalar curvature and provide a new proof.
result Give a lower bound of scalar curvature.
We present some results on the boundedness of the mean curvature of proper biharmonic submanifolds in spheres. A partial classification result for proper biharmonic submanifolds with parallel mean curvature vector field in spheres is obtained. Then, we completely classify the proper biharmonic submanifolds in spheres w…
Flow preserves quermassintegrals, converging to a geodesic sphere.
problem Volume preservation issue in sphere mean curvature flow.
method Introduced a mean curvature flow with a global term to keep quermassintegrals fixed.
result Flow exists for all times and converges to a geodesic sphere.
The paper solves problems related to curvature on a 3-sphere.
problem Prescribing positive cross curvature on the three-dimensional sphere.
method Existence results and a non-uniqueness example.
result Disproved a conjecture of Hamilton's about uniqueness.
Identifies submanifolds as topological spheres in hyperbolic space.
problem Characterizing submanifolds as topological spheres in hyperbolic space.
method Defines conditions on Ricci curvature and mean curvature vector length.
result Identifies submanifolds as topological spheres under given conditions.
Study submanifolds in spheres with Ricci curvature bounds.
problem Topology of submanifolds in spheres with Ricci curvature constraints.
method Investigates submanifolds in spheres with Ricci curvature lower bounds.
result Strong additional information on submanifold geometry.
Improved gap for mean curvature of biharmonic hypersurfaces in spheres.
problem Improving bounds on mean curvature for biharmonic hypersurfaces.
method Analyzing complete CMC proper-biharmonic hypersurfaces in Euclidean spheres.
result Enhanced gap result for mean curvature range.
Two spheres found with specific curvature constraints.
problem Existence of spheres with prescribed mean curvature.
method Proved existence of at least two embedded spheres with curvature h satisfying pinching condition. result Existence of at least two embedded spheres with prescribed mean curvature h. New curvature for weighted Sasaki sphere found.
problem Classifying Sasaki manifolds.
method Using shifted cones introduced by Yang and Zhang.
result New curvature characterization for weighted Sasaki sphere.
Totally geodesic hypersurfaces in a sphere have small total curvature.
problem Characterizing hypersurfaces with constant scalar curvature in a sphere.
method Analyzing the total curvature of locally conformally flat hypersurfaces.
result Hypersurfaces with small total curvature are totally geodesic.
Shortest geodesic on curved spheres is no longer than 3 times the diameter.
problem Finding the shortest closed geodesic on spheres with positive curvature.
method Proved a new isoperimetric inequality for spheres with pinched curvature, used to improve the bound on the shortest geodesic.
result The shortest closed geodesic is no longer than 3 times the diameter of the sphere.
Sharp curvature estimates for mean curvature flow in spheres.
problem Understanding the behavior of surfaces evolving under mean curvature flow in spheres.
method Proving asymptotically sharp curvature pinching estimates and using them to derive derivative and convexity estimates.
result Partial classification of singularity models and new rigidity results for ancient solutions.
The study finds larger gaps in mean curvature for biharmonic submanifolds in spheres.
problem Understanding gaps in mean curvature for biharmonic submanifolds.
method Analyzing proper biharmonic submanifolds with parallel mean curvature vector field in Euclidean spheres.
result Determining larger gaps in mean curvature for specific biharmonic submanifolds.
Ricci flow preserves positive sectional curvature on homogeneous spheres
problem Classification of positively curved metrics on homogeneous spaces
method Proving Ricci flow preserves positive sectional curvature on homogeneous spheres
result Completes classification of positively curved metrics on homogeneous spaces
Researchers prove unique connection and curvature for Podleś quantum sphere.
problem Calculating curvature and Weitzenbock formula for Podleś quantum sphere.
method Using spectral triple and Dabrowski-Sitarz framework, they computed curvature tensors and proved a generalized Weitzenbock formula.
result The scalar curvature of Podleś sphere converges to 2 as q approaches 1.
Sphere theorems for specific manifolds with curvature constraints.
problem Sphere theorems for Riemannian manifolds with scalar curvature bounds and non-collapsed RCD(n−1,n) spaces. method Analysis of scalar curvature and mean distance constraints.
result Established sphere theorems for the specified manifolds.
We prove a uniqueness theorem for immersed spheres of prescribed (non-constant) mean curvature in homogeneous three-manifolds. In particular, this uniqueness theorem proves a conjecture by A.D. Alexandrov about immersed spheres of prescribed Weingarten curvature in R3 for the special but important case of prescribed me…
Study proves mean curvature flows on spheres in higher dimensions.
problem Existence of mean curvature flows on spheres.
method Generalized previous results to higher dimensions, proving existence of flows.
result Existence of infinitely many eternal weak mean curvature flows in Sn+1 connecting specific hypersurfaces. Proves existence of sphere foliations with prescribed mean curvature on Riemannian manifolds.
problem Finding sphere foliations with prescribed mean curvature on Riemannian manifolds.
method Proves existence of foliations by spheres with mean curvature proportional to a given function on non-degenerate critical points.
result Essentially unique foliation of spheres with prescribed mean curvature exists in a neighborhood of a non-degenerate critical point.
The study finds compact vacuum static spaces with positive isotropic curvature are spheres or products of a circle and sphere.
problem Characterizing compact vacuum static spaces with positive isotropic curvature.
method Proving isometric equivalence to spheres or product spaces.
result Compact vacuum static spaces with positive isotropic curvature are isometric to spheres or product spaces.
The study characterizes round spheres in Euclidean space based on r-mean curvature conditions.
problem Characterizing round spheres in Euclidean space under specific curvature conditions.
method Characterization based on r-mean curvature conditions.
result Characterizes round spheres in Euclidean space under suitable r-mean curvature conditions.
Survey on mean curvature flow with sphere theorems and Yau rigidity theory.
problem Sphere theorems for submanifolds with arbitrary codimension.
method Recent developments on convergence theorems for mean curvature flow.
result Optimal convergence theorem for arbitrary codimension mean curvature flow.
We prove a rigidity result in the sphere which allows us to generalize a result about smooth convex hypersurfaces in the sphere by Do Carmo-Warner to convex C2-hypersurfaces. We apply these results to prove C1,β-convergence of inverse F-curvature flows in the sphere to an equator in \mathbb{S}^{n+1} for embedde…
Veronese minimizes normal curvatures to sphere.
problem Bounding normal curvatures of submanifolds.
method Veronese embeddings of projective planes.
result Optimal bound on normal curvatures guarantees sphere.
Study constant and almost constant curvature spheres in hyperbolic space.
problem Existence of spheres with constant or almost constant mean curvature in hyperbolic space.
method Nondegeneracy result and sufficient conditions on prescribed functions.
result Existence of curves of embedded spheres with specified mean curvature.
Proves spheres with bounded curvatures must contain a unit ball.
problem Proving spheres with bounded curvatures enclose a unit ball.
method Analyzing topological spheres in R^3 with bounded normal curvatures.
result Spheres with normal curvatures bounded by 1 must contain a unit ball.
Study on compact hypersurfaces in spheres with Ricci curvature bounds.
problem Topology of compact hypersurfaces in spheres with Ricci curvature constraints.
method Use of Bochner technique for stronger results.
result Stronger results than previous studies in higher codimensions.
The study examines moduli spaces of metrics with positive Ricci or non-negative sectional curvature on sphere bundles.
problem Classifying and understanding moduli spaces of metrics with specific curvature properties on sphere bundles.
method Analyzing total spaces of S7-bundles over S8 and quotients of Milnor and Shimada spheres. result The moduli space of metrics has infinitely many path components.
Minimal surfaces in spheres found for any genus.
problem Finding minimal surfaces with arbitrary genus in 3-spheres.
method Topological structure analysis and embedding theorem.
result Every positive Ricci curvature 3-sphere contains a genus g surface.
Four minimal spheres found in sphere with special metric.
problem Existence of minimal spheres in spheres with specific metrics.
method Simon-Smith min-max theory for multiplicity one theorem.
result At least four embedded minimal 2-spheres proven.
Proves Chen-Lin conjecture for sphere scalar curvature problem.
problem Existence of solutions for prescribed scalar curvature on spheres.
method Criterion proving existence based on Chen-Lin conjecture.
result Proves conjecture for standard n-dimensional sphere.
New optimal surfaces found in Heisenberg group defy Euclidean sphere optimality.
problem Optimizing mean curvature in Heisenberg group sub-Riemannian setting.
method Developed variational theory, established first and second variation formulas, introduced new critical surfaces.
result Identified and characterized a new family of rotationally invariant critical surfaces, the Pansu-Minkowski spheres.
We study curvature functionals for immersed 2-spheres in a compact, three-dimensional Riemannian manifold M. Under the assumption that the sectional curvature of M is strictly positive, we prove the existence of a smoothly immersed sphere minimizing the L^{2} integral of the second fundamental form. Assuming instead th…