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Mean curvature versus diameter and energy quantization

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We first partially extend a theorem of Topping, on the relation between mean curvature and intrinsic diameter, from immersed submanifolds of \(\mathbb {R}^{n} \) to almost everywhere immersed, closed submanifolds of a compact Riemannian manifold. We use this to prove quantization of energy for pseudo-holomorphic closed curves, of all genus, in a compact locally conformally symplectic manifold.

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Premièrement, nous étendons partiellement un théorème de Topping, concernant la relation entre la courbure moyenne et le diamètre intrinsèque, à partir des sous-variétés immergées de \(\mathbb {R} ^{n} \) aux sous-variétés presque partout immergées d’une variété Riemannienne compacte. Nous utilisons cette extension pour montrer la quantification de l’énergie pour les courbes fermées, pseudo-holomorphes, de tout genre dans une variété compacte, localement conformément symplectique.

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I am grateful to Peter Topping, and Egor Shelukhin for comments on earlier ideas.

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Savelyev, Y. Mean curvature versus diameter and energy quantization. Ann. Math. Québec 44, 291–297 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40316-019-00127-0

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