<s>
In	O
the	O
mathematical	O
field	O
of	O
differential	B-Language
geometry	I-Language
,	O
the	O
Simons	O
formula	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Simons	O
identity	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
some	O
variants	O
as	O
the	O
Simons	O
inequality	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
fundamental	O
equation	O
in	O
the	O
study	O
of	O
minimal	O
submanifolds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
as	O
a	O
formula	O
for	O
the	O
Laplacian	O
of	O
the	O
second	O
fundamental	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
Riemannian	B-Algorithm
submanifold	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
