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Conformally Invariant Variational Problems. - SAM

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the half space given by the affine plane ( Φ(p ⃗ ± ), ξ) ⃗ we have that<br />

p →< ξ, ⃗ Φ(p)− ⃗ Φ(p ⃗ ± ) > has an absolute maximum (for +) or<br />

minimum (for −) at p = ±p. In both cases the determinant of<br />

the 2 by 2 Hessian has to be non-negative :<br />

det<br />

(< ξ,∂ ⃗ )<br />

x 2 ⃗<br />

i ,x jΦ > ≥ 0<br />

from which we deduce, since ξ ⃗ is normal to Φ ∗ T p± Σ 2 ,<br />

(<br />

det < ξ, ⃗ ⃗ )<br />

I > ≥ 0<br />

Assume R m is the smallest affine subspace in which Φ(Σ ⃗ 2 )<br />

is included. Then , using Federer’s co-area formula, the claim<br />

implies<br />

∫<br />

∫<br />

2 ≤ #{ G ⃗−1 ( ξ), ⃗ ξ ∈ N + Σ 2 } ω S<br />

m−1( ξ) ⃗ = G ⃗ ∗ ω S<br />

m−1 .<br />

S m−1 N + Σ 2 (X.58)<br />

Combining (X.57) and (X.58) gives (X.52) :<br />

∫<br />

4π ≤ | H| ⃗ 2 dvol ⃗Φ∗ g R<br />

Σ 2 m<br />

Assume this inequality is in fact an equality. Then all the inequalities<br />

above are equalities and in particular we have that<br />

tr g (< G, ⃗ ⃗ I >)<br />

2<br />

(<br />

= det < G,<br />

∣ 2 ∣<br />

⃗ ⃗ )<br />

I ><br />

which implies the fact that the immersed surface is totally umbilic<br />

and it has then to be a translation of a sphere homothetic<br />

to S 2 the unit sphere of R 3 ⊂ R m . This concludes the proof of<br />

theorem X.2.<br />

✷<br />

The first part of theorem X.2 is in fact a special case of this<br />

more general result due to P. Li and S.T. Yau (see [LiYa]).<br />

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