Ricci curvature rigidity conjecture for isoparametric tubes

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Let (Nn+1,g)(N^{n+1},\mathbf{g}) be a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary ∂N\partial N, and let (Mc,gˉ∣Mc)(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

Ric⁡g⩾ng\operatorname{Ric}_{\mathbf{g}}\geqslant n\mathbf{g}

on NN, that (∂N,g∣∂N)(\partial N,\mathbf{g}|_{\partial N}) is isometric to (Mc,gˉ∣Mc)(M_c,\bar{\mathbf{g}}|_{M_c}), and that IIg⩾IIgˉ\mathrm{II}_{\mathbf{g}}\geqslant\mathrm{II}_{\bar{\mathbf{g}}} pointwise on ∂N≅Mc\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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