Mathematics – Differential Geometry
Scientific paper
2009-06-11
Mathematics
Differential Geometry
First version (April 2008). Final version (July 2008). To appear in Advances in Geometry
Scientific paper
We consider compact hypersurfaces in an $(n+1)$-dimensional either Riemannian or Lorentzian space $N^{n+1}$ endowed with a conformal Killing vector field. For such hypersurfaces, we establish an integral formula which, especially in the simpler case when $N=M^n\times R$ is a product space, allows us to derive some interesting consequences in terms of the scalar curvature of the hypersurface. For instance, when $n=2$ and $M^2$ is either the sphere $\mathbb{S}^2$ or the real projective plane $\mathbb{RP}^2$, we characterize the slices of the trivial totally geodesic foliation $M^2\times\{t\}$ as the only compact two-sided surfaces with constant Gaussian curvature in the Riemannian product $M^2\times\mathbb{R}$ such that its angle function does not change sign. When $n\geq 3$ and $M^n$ is a compact Einstein Riemannian manifold with positive scalar curvature, we also characterize the slices as the only compact two-sided hypersurfaces with constant scalar curvature in the Riemannian product $M^n\times\mathbb{R}$ whose angle function does not change sign. Similar results are also established for spacelike hypersurfaces in a Lorentzian product $\mathbb{M}\times\mathbb{R}_1$.
Albujer Alma L.
Aledo Juan A.
Alias Luis J.
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