The generalized Chen conjecture for proper biharmonic surfaces in four-dimensional space forms

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Let φ:M2N4(ϵ)\varphi:M^2\to N^4(\epsilon) be a proper biharmonic immersion. Generalized Chen conjecture. Then ϵ>0\epsilon>0, so N4(ϵ)N^4(\epsilon) is the four-dimensional sphere S4(ϵ)\mathbb S^4(\epsilon), and the image φ(M)\varphi(M) lies minimally in the small hypersphere S3(2ϵ)\mathbb S^3(2\epsilon). This is identified in the source as the most important open problem in the topic. The constant-mean-curvature case follows from known results, while the non-CMC case is known for several subclasses, leaving the general assertion open.

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Ştefan Andronic, Stefano Montaldo, Cezar Oniciuc and Antonio Sanna, “Biconservative Weingarten surfaces with flat normal bundle in N^4 (ε)”, arXiv:2507.22708 (2025).

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