#### Vol. 318, No. 1, 2022

 Recent Issues Vol. 320: 1 Vol. 319: 1  2 Vol. 318: 1  2 Vol. 317: 1  2 Vol. 316: 1  2 Vol. 315: 1  2 Vol. 314: 1  2 Vol. 313: 1  2 Online Archive Volume: Issue:
 The Journal Subscriptions Editorial Board Officers Contacts Submission Guidelines Submission Form Policies for Authors ISSN: 1945-5844 (e-only) ISSN: 0030-8730 (print) Special Issues Author Index To Appear Other MSP Journals
A new gap for complete hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature in space forms

### Juan-Ru Gu, Li Lei and Hong-Wei Xu

Vol. 318 (2022), No. 1, 51–67
DOI: 10.2140/pjm.2022.318.51
##### Abstract

Let $M$ be an $n$-dimensional closed hypersurface with constant mean curvature and constant scalar curvature in a unit sphere. Denote by $H$ and $S$ the mean curvature and the squared length of the second fundamental form. We prove that if $\alpha \left(n,H\right)\le S\le \alpha \left(n,H\right)+{C}_{n}{H}^{2}$, where $n\ge 4$ and $H\ne 0$, then $S=\alpha \left(n,H\right)$ and $M$ is a Clifford torus ${\mathbb{𝕊}}^{n-1}\left({r}_{1}\right)×{\mathbb{𝕊}}^{1}\left({r}_{2}\right)$. Here

 $\alpha \left(n,H\right)=n+\frac{{n}^{3}}{2\left(n-1\right)}{H}^{2}-\frac{n\left(n-2\right)}{2\left(n-1\right)}\sqrt{{n}^{2}{H}^{4}+4\left(n-1\right){H}^{2}},$

and ${C}_{n}$ is a positive constant explicitly depending on $n$. The emphasis is that our gap theorem imposes no restriction on the range of mean curvature. Moreover, we obtain gap theorems for complete hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature and constant scalar curvature in space forms.

 Dedicated to Professor Hesheng Hu on the occasion of her 95th birthday
##### Keywords
complete hypersurface, gap theorem, mean curvature, scalar curvature
##### Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 53C24, 53C40