Rotationally invariant hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature in the Heisenberg group H^n

dc.creatorRitoré, Manuel
dc.creatorRosales, César
dc.date2005-04-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:19:19Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:19:19Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper we study sets in the $n$-dimensional Heisenberg group $\hhn$ which are critical points, under a volume constraint, of the sub-Riemannian perimeter associated to the distribution of horizontal vector fields in $\hhn$. We define a notion of mean curvature for hypersurfaces and we show that the boundary of a stationary set is a constant mean curvature (CMC) hypersurface. Our definition coincides with previous ones. Our main result describes which are the CMC hypersurfaces of revolution in $\hhn$. The fact that such a hypersurface is invariant under a compact group of rotations allows us to reduce the CMC partial differential equation to a system of ordinary differential equations. The analysis of the solutions leads us to establish a counterpart in the Heisenberg group of the Delaunay classification of constant mean curvature hypersurfaces of revolution in the Euclidean space. Hence we classify the rotationally invariant isoperimetric sets in $\hhn$.
dc.description16 pages, 1 figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0504439
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0504439
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/74977
dc.subjectDifferential Geometry
dc.subjectMetric Geometry
dc.subjectPrimary 53C17, Secondary 49Q20
dc.titleRotationally invariant hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature in the Heisenberg group H^n
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