A new gap for complete hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature in space forms

Abstract

Let $M$ be an $n$-dimensional closed hypersurface with constant mean curvature and constant scalar curvature in an unit sphere. Denote by $H$ and $S$ the mean curvature and the squared length of the second fundamental form respectively. We prove that if $S > \alpha (n, H)$, where $n\geq 4$ and $H\neq 0$, then $S > \alpha (n, H) + B_n\frac{n H^2}{n - 1}$. Here \[ \alpha (n, H) = n + \frac{n^3}{2 (n - 1)} H^2 - \frac{n (n - 2)}{2 (n - 1)}\sqrt{n^2 H^4 + 4 (n - 1) H^2}, \] $B_n=\frac{1}{5}$ for $4\leq n \leq 20$, and $B_n=\frac{49}{250}$ for $n>20$. Moreover, we obtain a gap theorem for complete hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature and constant scalar curvature in space forms.