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Sept. 2004 An optimal inequality and an extremal class of graph hypersurfaces in affine geometry
Bang-Yen Chen
Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci. 80(7): 123-128 (Sept. 2004). DOI: 10.3792/pjaa.80.123

Abstract

We discover a general optimal inequality for graph hypersurfaces in affine $(n + 1)$-space $\mathbf{R}^{n+1}$ involving the Tchebychev vector field. We also completely classify the hypersurfaces which verify the equality case of the inequality.

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Bang-Yen Chen. "An optimal inequality and an extremal class of graph hypersurfaces in affine geometry." Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci. 80 (7) 123 - 128, Sept. 2004. https://doi.org/10.3792/pjaa.80.123

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Published: Sept. 2004
First available in Project Euclid: 18 May 2005

zbMATH: 1076.53010
MathSciNet: MR2094532
Digital Object Identifier: 10.3792/pjaa.80.123

Subjects:
Primary: 53A15
Secondary: 53B20 , 53B25 , 53C40

Keywords: extremal class , graph hypersurface , optimal inequality

Rights: Copyright © 2004 The Japan Academy

Vol.80 • No. 7 • Sept. 2004
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