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A characterization of the Clifford Torus

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In this paper we give a characterization of the Clifford Torus among the minimal hypersulfaces with constant scalar of curvature immersed in (n+1)-dimensional sphere in terms of its index.

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  1. IMECC-UNICAMP, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, C.P. 6065, 13081-970, Campinas, SP, Brasil

    I. Guadalupe

  2. Departamento de Matemática, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Pici, 60455-760, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil

    Aldir Brasil Junior

  3. Departamento de Matemática, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Pici, 60455-760, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil

    J. A. Delgado

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Guadalupe, I., Junior, A.B. & Delgado, J.A. A characterization of the Clifford Torus. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo 48, 537–540 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02844342

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