Optimal constants of $L^2$ inequalities for closed nearly umbilical hypersurfaces in space forms

Abstract

Let $\Sigma$ be a smooth closed hypersurface with non-negative Ricci curvature, isometrically immersed in a space form. It has been proved in \cite{P}, \cite{CZ}, and \cite{C2} that there are some $L^2$ inequalities on $\Sigma$ which measure the stability of closed umbilical hypersurfaces or more generally, closed hypersurfaces with traceless Newton transformation of the second fundamental form. In this paper, we prove that the constants in these inequalities are optimal.