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Suppose (M,g) is immersed as a hypersurface in n-dimensional space,How to show that the shape Operator S=a*Ric iff the metric has constant curvaturre(a is a constant number)?

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This is a standard calculation using the definitions involved. Looks like homework. – Spiro Karigiannis Jan 4 2011 at 3:11

closed as too localized by Andres Caicedo, José Figueroa-O'Farrill, Deane Yang, Pete L. Clark, Will Jagy Jan 4 2011 at 19:02

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