Semi-invariant submanifolds of codimension 3 with harmonic curvature (Q1107850)

When the space \(E^{2n+4}\) is endowed with a complex structure, we can consider a CR submanifold M of codimension 3. The author studies the case where M is semi-invariant, hence has the distinguished normal C, and has harmonic curvature, namely \(\nabla_ kR_{ji}=\nabla_ iR_{jk}\) where \(R_{ji}\) is the Ricci tensor. Especially when M is complete, simply connected and has constant mean curvature, and the distinguished normal is parallel in the normal bundle, it is proved that M is isometric to one of the following spaces: \(E^{2n+1},\quad S^{2n+1}\) or \(S^{2n-r+1}\times E^ r.\) In the final step of the proof results obtained by \textit{J. A. Erbacher} [J. Differ. Geom. 5, 333-340 (1971; Zbl 0221.53031)] and by \textit{K. Nomizu} and \textit{B. Smyth} [ibid. 3, 367-377 (1969; Zbl 0196.251)] are used.