Intrinsic and extrinsic structures of Lagrangian surfaces in complex space forms (Q1293150): Difference between revisions

A submanifold \(M\) of a Kähler manifold \(\widetilde M\) is called Lagrangian if \(2\dim M=\dim\widetilde M\) and if the complex structure \(J\) of \(\widetilde M\) maps the tangent space of \(M\) to the normal space of \(M\) at any point of \(M\). A Lagrangian submanifold \(M\) is said to be \(H\)-umbilical if \(M\) is non-totally geodesic and if its second fundamental form \(h\) satisfies \(h(e_1,e_1)=\lambda Je_1\), \(h(e_2,e_2)=\cdots=h(e_n,e_n)=\mu Je_1\), \(h(e_1,e_j)=\mu Je_j\), \(h(e_j,e_k)=0\) for all \(j,k=2,\dots,n\) and for some suitable functions \(\lambda\) and \(\mu\) with respect to some suitable orthonormal frame field \(e_1,\dots,e_n\). In [\textit{B.-Y. Chen}, Isr. J. Math. 99, 69-108 (1997; Zbl 0884.53014)], the author classified all Lagrangian \(H\)-umbilical submanifolds in non-flat complex spae forms for \(\dim M\geq 3\). In the present paper, the author continues these studies for the case \(\dim M=2\). In this dimension, the non-totally geodesic Lagrangian submanifolds are characterized by the simple property that \(JH\) is an eigenvector of the shape operator \(A_H\), where \(H\) is the mean curvature vector field of \(M\). The author determines both the intrinsic and the extrinsic structure of Lagrangian \(H\)-umbilical surfaces in complex space forms. A general existence and uniqueness theorem for such surfaces is also obtained.