The DDVV conjecture for submanifolds of space forms

Let MnM^n be an immersed submanifold of the space form Nn+m(c)N^{n+m}(c), with scalar curvature ρ\rho, normal scalar curvature ρ\rho^{\perp}, and mean curvature tensor H=1ntracehH=\frac{1}{n}\,\operatorname{trace}h, where hh is the second fundamental form. DDVV conjecture. One has

ρ+ρH2+c.\rho+\rho^{\perp}\leq |H|^2+c.

This is also called the normal scalar curvature conjecture. It is a central pointwise inequality in submanifold geometry and is equivalent to a matrix inequality for the coefficients of the second fundamental form. The supplied text does not state whether it had been resolved.

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Primary source

Zhiqin Lu, “Recent developments of the DDVV Conjecture”, arXiv:0708.3201 (2007).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2006–2007). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:0708.2921, arXiv:math/0610709.

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