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A sharp lower bound for the Ricci curvature of bounded hypersurfaces in space forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Alain R. Veeravalli
Alain R. Veeravalli
Affiliation:
Département de Mathématiques, Université d'Evry-Val d'Essonne, Boulevard des Coquibus, 91025 Evry Cedex, France e-mail: Alain.Veeravalli@maths.univ-evry.fr
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Abstract

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Dedicated to Lamiae and Lucas Zakaria with great affection.

We give a sharp lower bound for the Ricci curvature of bounded complete hypersurfaces of space forms. This leads to several applications.

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Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , August 2000 , pp. 165 - 170
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2000

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