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Translation Of: Sur Des Familles D’Hypersurfaces Isoparamétriques Des Espaces Sphériques À 5 Et À 9 Dimensions, Revista Univ. Tucuman, Serie A, 1 (1940), 5–22, By Elie Cartan, Thomas E. Cecil

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English title: On Families of Isoparametric Hypersurfaces in Spherical Spaces of 5 and 9 Dimensions

This is an English translation of the article "Sur des familles d'hypersurfaces isoparamétriques des espaces sphériques à 5 et à 9 dimensions" which was originally published in Revista Univ. Tucuman, Serie A, 1, pp. 5-22 (1940), by Élie Cartan.

A note from Thomas E. Cecil, translator: This is an unofficial translation of the original paper which was written in French. All references should be made to the original paper.

Mathematics Subject Classification Numbers: 53B25, 53C40, 53C42

Translation Of: Sur Quelque Familles Remarquables D’Hypersurfaces, C.R. Congrès Math. Liège, 1939, Pp. 30–41, By Élie Cartan., Thomas E. Cecil

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English title: On some remarkable families of hypersurfaces

This is an English translation of the article "Sur quelque familles remarquables d’hypersurfaces" which was originally published in C.R. Congrès Math. Liège, pp. 30–41 (1939), by Élie Cartan.

A note from Thomas E. Cecil, translator: This is an unofficial translation of the original paper which was written in French. All references should be made to the original paper.

Mathematics Subject Classification Numbers: 53B25, 53C40, 53C42

Translation Of: Sur Des Familles Remarquables D’Hypersurfaces Isoparamétriques Dans Les Espaces Sphériques, Mathematische Zeitschrift 45, 335–367 (1939), By Élie Cartan., Thomas E. Cecil

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English title: On remarkable families of isoparametric hypersurfaces in spherical spaces

This is an English translation of the article "Sur des familles remarquables d’hypersurfaces isoparamétriques dans les espaces sphériques," which was originally published in Mathematische Zeitschrift 45, 335–367 (1939), by Élie Cartan.

A note from Thomas E. Cecil, translator: This is an unofficial translation of the original paper which was written in French. All references should be made to the original paper.

Mathematics Subject Classification Numbers: 53B25, 53C40, 53C42

Translation Of: Familles De Surfaces Isoparamétriques Dans Les Espaces À Courbure Constante, Annali Di Mat. 17 (1938), 177–191, By Élie Cartan., Thomas E. Cecil

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English title: Families of isoparametric surfaces in spaces of constant curvature

This is an English translation of the article "Familles de surfaces isoparamétriques dans les espaces à courbure constante" which was originally published in Annali di Matematica 17, 177–191 (1938), by Élie Cartan.

A note from Thomas E. Cecil, translator: This is an unofficial translation of the original paper which was written in French. All references should be made to the original paper.

Mathematics Subject Classification Numbers: 53C40, 53C42, 53B25

Classifications Of Dupin Hypersurfaces In Lie Sphere Geometry, Thomas E. Cecil

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This is a survey of local and global classification results concerning Dupin hypersurfaces in Sⁿ (or Rⁿ) that have been obtained in the context of Lie sphere geometry. The emphasis is on results that relate Dupin hypersurfaces to isoparametric hypersurfaces in spheres. Along with these classification results, many important concepts from Lie sphere geometry, such as curvature spheres, Lie curvatures, and Legendre lifts of submanifolds of Sⁿ (or Rⁿ), are described in detail. The paper also contains several important constructions of Dupin hypersurfaces with certain special properties.

Translation Of: Dupin’Sche Hyperflächen, Doctoral Dissertation, Universität Freiburg (1981) By Ulrich Pinkall, Thomas E. Cecil

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This is an unofficial translation of the original dissertation which was written in German. A few minor typographical errors have been corrected by the translator. All references should be made to the original dissertation. The classification of Dupin hypersurfaces in E⁴ contained in this dissertation is also contained in the journal article by Ulrich Pinkall, Dupin’sche Hyperflächen in E⁴, Manuscr. Math. 51 (1985), 89–119.

Using Lie Sphere Geometry To Study Dupin Hypersurfaces In R^N, Thomas E. Cecil

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A hypersurface M in Rⁿ or Sⁿ is said to be Dupin if along each curvature surface, the corresponding principal curvature is constant. A Dupin hypersurface is said to be proper Dupin if each principal curvature has constant multiplicity on M, i.e., the number of distinct principal curvatures is constant on M. The notions of Dupin and proper Dupin hypersurfaces in Rⁿ or Sⁿ can be generalized to the setting of Lie sphere geometry, and these properties are easily seen to be invariant under Lie sphere transformations. This makes Lie sphere geometry an effective …

Translation Of: Isoparametrische Hyperflächen In Sphären, Math. Ann. 251, 57–71 (1980) By Hans Friedrich Münzner., Thomas E. Cecil

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This is an English translation of the article "Isoparametrische Hyperflächen in Sphären" by Hans Friedrich Münzner, which was originally published in Math. Ann. 251, 57–71 (1980).

A note from Thomas E. Cecil, translator: This is an unofficial translation of the original paper which was written in German. All references should be made to the original paper. I want to thank Cristina Ballantine for her help with the translation.

Translation Of: Isoparametrische Hyperflächen In Sphären Ii. Über Die Zerlegung Der Sphäre In Ballbündel, Math. Ann. 256, 215–232 (1981) By Hans Friedrich Münzner., Thomas E. Cecil

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This is an English translation of the article "Isoparametrische Hyperflächen in Sphären II. Über die Zerlegung der Sphäre in Ballbündel" by Hans Friedrich Münzner, which was originally published in Math. Ann. 256, 215–232 (1981).

A note from Thomas E. Cecil, translator: This is an unofficial translation of the original paper which was written in German. All references should be made to the original paper. I want to thank Cristina Ballantine for her help with the translation.

Dupin Submanifolds In Lie Sphere Geometry (Updated Version), Thomas E. Cecil, Shiing-Shen Chern

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A hypersurface M^n-1 in Euclidean space Eⁿ is proper Dupin if the number of distinct principal curvatures is constant on M^n-1, and each principal curvature function is constant along each leaf of its principal foliation. This paper was originally published in 1989 (see Comments below), and it develops a method for the local study of proper Dupin hypersurfaces in the context of Lie sphere geometry using moving frames. This method has been effective in obtaining several classification theorems of proper Dupin hypersurfaces since that time. This updated version of the paper contains the original exposition together …

Lie Sphere Geometry And Dupin Hypersurfaces, Thomas E. Cecil

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These notes were originally written for a short course held at the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo, S.P. Brazil, January 9–20, 2012. The notes are based on the author’s book [17], Lie Sphere Geometry With Applications to Submanifolds, Second Edition, published in 2008, and many passages are taken directly from that book. The notes have been updated from their original version to include some recent developments in the field.

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Dupin Submanifolds In Lie Sphere Geometry, Thomas E. Cecil, Shiing-Shen Chern

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