Hypersurfaces of $\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{S}^2$ with constant sectional curvature
Abstract
In this paper, we classify the hypersurfaces of $\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{S}^2$ with constant sectional curvature. By applying the so-called Tsinghua principle, which was first discovered by the first three authors in 2013 at Tsinghua University, we prove that the constant sectional curvature can only be $\frac{1}{2}$ and the product angle function $C$ defined by Urbano is identically zero. We show that any such hypersurface is a parallel hypersurface of a minimal hypersurface in $\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{S}^2$ with $C=0$, and we establish a one-to-one correspondence between the involving minimal hypersurface and the famous ``sinh-Gordon equation'' $$ (\frac{\partial^2}{\partial u^2}+\frac{\partial^2}{\partial v^2})h =-\tfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\sinh(\sqrt{2}h). $$ As a byproduct, we give a complete classification of the hypersurfaces of $\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{S}^2$ with constant mean curvature and constant product angle function $C$.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- February 2023
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2302.00466
- Bibcode:
- 2023arXiv230200466L
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Differential Geometry;
- 53C42;
- 53B25
- E-Print:
- 24 pages