Kodai Mathematical Journal

Vanishing of homology groups, Ricci estimate for submanifolds and applications

Abstract

In this paper we obtain an estimate for the Ricci curvature and a criterion for the vanishing of the homology groups of compact submanifolds of spheres and Euclidean spaces. This criterion depends on the results of Lawson and Simons, Leung, and Xin on stable currents. As consequences we obtain a topological version of theorems of Cheng and Nakagawa, Alencar and do Carmo, and Xu, on hypersurfaces in spheres with constant mean curvature.

Article information

Source
Kodai Math. J., Volume 24, Number 3 (2001), 313-328.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 19 January 2005

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.kmj/1106168806

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2996/kmj/1106168806

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1866368(2002h:53097)

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1007.53044

Citation

Asperti, Antonio Carlos; Costa, Ezio de Araújo. Vanishing of homology groups, Ricci estimate for submanifolds and applications. Kodai Math. J. 24 (2001), no. 3, 313--328. doi:10.2996/kmj/1106168806. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.kmj/1106168806