Cecil–Chi–Jensen revised conjecture for proper Dupin hypersurfaces

Let MM be a compact, connected proper Dupin hypersurface in SnS^n, with gg distinct principal curvatures. The hypersurface has constant Lie curvatures when its Lie curvatures are constant. Two hypersurfaces are Lie equivalent if they are mapped to one another by a Lie sphere transformation. An isoparametric hypersurface is a hypersurface in a sphere with constant principal curvatures. Cecil–Chi–Jensen's revised conjecture. If g=4g=4 or g=6g=6 and the Lie curvatures are constant, then MM is Lie equivalent to an isoparametric hypersurface. This revised conjecture was introduced to exclude the known counterexamples to the original conjecture, whose Lie curvatures are not constant. The source describes research on this revised conjecture as important, but does not establish its resolution.

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Thomas E. Cecil, “Classifications of Dupin Hypersurfaces in Lie Sphere Geometry”, arXiv:2210.10569 (2022).

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3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2015–2022). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2011.11432, arXiv:1503.02914.

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