C-totally real submanifolds of Sasakian space forms (Q1108602)

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C-totally real submanifolds of Sasakian space forms
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    C-totally real submanifolds of Sasakian space forms (English)
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    On an odd-dimensional unit sphere \(S^{2n+1}(1)\) one can define a Sasakian structure in a natural way. In this paper we prove that, if the sectional curvatures \(K\) of an \(n\)-dimensional, compact, minimal, C-totally real submanifold \(M^n\) of \(S^{2n+1}(1)\) satisfy \(0\leq K\leq 1\), then either \(K\equiv 1\) \((M^n\) is totally geodesic) or \(K\equiv 0\) \((M^n\) is flat). Finally we give examples of submanifolds satisfying \(K\equiv 0\) and \(K\equiv 1\), as well as an example showing that the upper bound \(K\leq 1\) is needed.
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    minimal submanifold
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    Sasakian structure
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    sectional curvatures
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    C-totally real submanifold
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