On relation between pseudo-Hermitian symmetric pairs and para-Hermitian symmetric pairs (Q1020624)

From the text: The main purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the following Theorem 1.1 which partially clarifies the relation between simple pseudo-Hermitian symmetric pairs and simple para-Hermitian symmetric ones: Theorem 1.1. Let \(\mathfrak g_{\mathbb C}\) be a complex simple Lie algebra. Then, the following two items (I) and (II) hold: (I) For any real form \(\mathfrak g\) of \(\mathfrak g_{\mathbb C}\) and pseudo-Hermitian symmetric pair \((\mathfrak g, \mathfrak r)\) with complex structure \(J\), there exist an elliptic element \(S\in \mathfrak g\), a Cartan involution \(\theta\) of \(\mathfrak g\), and an involutive automorphism \(\eta\) of \(\mathfrak g\) such that (1) \((\mathfrak g,\mathfrak r) = (\mathfrak g, \mathfrak c_{\mathfrak g}(S))\), and \(J\) is induced by \(\text{ad}_{\mathfrak g}S\); (2) \(\theta(S) = S\), \(\eta(S) = -S\), and \(\eta\circ\theta = \theta\circ\eta\); (3) \((\mathfrak g^d, \mathfrak c_{\mathfrak g^d} (iS))\) is a para-Hermitian symmetric pair with para-complex structure induced by \(\text{ad}_{\mathfrak g^d} iS\). Here, \((\mathfrak g^d, \theta)\) is the Berger dual symmetric pair of \((\mathfrak g^d, \eta)\). (II) For any real form \(\overline{\mathfrak g}\) of \(\mathfrak g_{\mathbb C}\) and para-Hermitian symmetric pair \((\overline{\mathfrak g},\overline{\mathfrak b})\) with paracomplex structure \(\overline{I}\), there exist a real form \(\mathfrak g\) of \(\mathfrak g_{\mathbb C}\), an elliptic element \(S\in\mathfrak g\), a Cartan involution \(\theta\) of \(\mathfrak g\), and an involutive automorphism \(\eta\) of \(\mathfrak g\) such that (1) \((\mathfrak g, \mathfrak c_{\mathfrak g}(S))\) is a pseudo-Hermitian symmetric pair with complex structure induced by \(\text{ad}_{\mathfrak g}S\); (2) \(\theta(S) = S\), \(\eta(S) = -S\), and \(\eta\circ\theta = \theta\circ\eta\); (3) \((\overline{\mathfrak g},\overline{\mathfrak b}) = (\mathfrak g^d, \mathfrak c_{\mathfrak g^d} (iS))\), and \(\overline{I}\) is induced by \(\text{ad}_{\mathfrak g^d} iS\). Here, \((\mathfrak g^d, \theta)\) is the Berger dual symmetric pair of \((\mathfrak g, \eta)\). As an application, we actually determine the para-Hermitian symmetric pair \((\overline{\mathfrak g},\overline{\mathfrak b})\) which a (pseudo-)Hermitian symmetric pair \((\mathfrak g,\mathfrak r)\) brings about by means of Theorem 1.1--(I), by using the result in [\textit{D. S. P. Leung}, J. Differ. Geom. 14, 179--185 (1979; Zbl 0458.53033), p. 182] which determines Lagrangian reflective submanifolds of irreducible Hermitian symmetric spaces.