Conjecture on bounded second fundamental form and spherical topology

Let MM be the immersed hypersurface satisfying the hypotheses of the Main Theorem, let BB be its second fundamental form, and for q>0q>0 define the normalized LqL^q norm

Bq=(1MMBq)1/q.\|B\|_q=\left(\frac{1}{|M|}\int_M |B|^q\right)^{1/q}.

Spherical embedding conjecture. If, in addition, MM satisfies

M1nBqA|M|^{\frac{1}{n}}\|B\|_q\leq A

for some q>0q>0, then MM is embedded and diffeomorphic to a round sphere.

The conjecture proposes that a normalized integral bound on the second fundamental form prevents the hypersurface in the Main Theorem from being highly twisted and forces spherical topology. Its status is open, even for hypersurfaces in a space form.

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Primary source

Yingxiang Hu and Shicheng Xu, “Recognizing shape via 1st eigenvalue, mean curvature and upper curvature bound”, arXiv:1905.01664 (2019).

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