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We study foliations of space forms by complete hypersurfaces, under some mild conditions on its higher order mean curvatures. In particular, in Euclidean space we obtain a Bernstein-type theorem for graphs whose mean and scalar curvature do not change sign but may otherwise be nonconstant. We also establish the nonexistence of foliations of the standard sphere whose leaves are complete and have constant scalar curvature, thus extending a theorem of Barbosa, Kenmotsu and Oshikiri. For the more general case of r-minimal foliations of the Euclidean space, possibly with a singular set, we are able to invoke a theorem of Ferus to give conditions under which the non- singular leaves are foliated by hyperplanes.
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Caminha, A., Souza, P. & Camargo, F. Complete foliations of space forms by hypersurfaces. Bull Braz Math Soc, New Series 41, 339–353 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00574-010-0015-y
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