Rotationally invariant constant Gauss curvature surfaces in Berger spheres

Abstract

We give a full classification of complete rotationally invariant surfaces with constant Gauss curvature in Berger spheres: they are either Clifford tori, which are flat, or spheres of Gauss curvature $K\ge K_0$ for a positive constant $K_0$, which we determine explicitly and depends on the geometry of the ambient Berger sphere. For values of $K_0\le K\le K_P$, for a specific constant $K_P$, it was not known until now whether complete constant Gauss curvature $K$ surfaces existed in Berger spheres, so our classification provides the first examples. For $K>K_P$, we prove that the rotationally invariant spheres from our classification are the only topological spheres with constant Gauss curvature in Berger spheres.

13 pages, 5 figures