The convex-concave principle and uniqueness for hypersurfaces in space Forms

Abstract

We establish very general Weyl identities for pairs of symmetric functions of the invariants of the shape operator of a hypersurface in a space form or a general Codazzi tensor, respectively. They are used to characterize certain isoparametric hypersurfaces by assuming constancy or extremal properties of the functions, provided they fulfill ellipticity and/or convexity (concavity) properties. This way, many wellknown results are generalized. Finally, a chain rule for Weyl identities offers additional extension of some results.