ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

A new characterization of the sphere in R3

Authors 1

Affiliations

  1. Ioannina, Greece

Abstract

Let M be a closed connected surface in R3 with positive Gaussian curvature K and let KII be the curvature of its second fundamental form. It is shown that M is a sphere if KII=cHKr, for some constants c and r, where H is the mean curvature of M.
Pages:
47-49
Main language of publication
English
Published
1980
Exact and natural sciences