Ricci curvature rigidity conjecture for isoparametric tubes

Let (Nn+1,g)(N^{n+1},\mathbf{g}) be a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary N\partial N, and let (Mc,gˉMc)(M_c,\bar{\mathbf{g}}|_{M_c}) be an isoparametric hypersurface in the unit sphere for some c[c0,1)c\in[c_0,1). Assume

Ricgng\operatorname{Ric}_{\mathbf{g}}\geqslant n\mathbf{g}

on NN, that (N,gN)(\partial N,\mathbf{g}|_{\partial N}) is isometric to (Mc,gˉMc)(M_c,\bar{\mathbf{g}}|_{M_c}), and that IIgIIgˉ\mathrm{II}_{\mathbf{g}}\geqslant\mathrm{II}_{\bar{\mathbf{g}}} pointwise on NMc\partial N\cong M_c. Ricci curvature rigidity conjecture. Then (Nn+1,g)(N^{n+1},\mathbf{g}) is isometric to the isoparametric tube (SF+cn+1,gˉ)(\mathbb{S}^{n+1}_{F+c},\bar{\mathbf{g}}) in Sn+1\mathbb{S}^{n+1}. The hemisphere case g=1g=1 is known, and the g=2g=2 case was subsequently verified; the general case remains open.

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Jianquan Ge, “Problems related to isoparametric theory”, arXiv:1910.12229 (2019).

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