CR-submanifolds of complex hyperbolic spaces satisfying a basic equality (Q1293990)

Let \(M\) be a Riemannian manifold, \(p\in M\), and \(\delta_M(p)= \tau(p)- \inf K(p)\), where \(\tau\) and \(K\) are the scalar curvature and sectional curvature of \(M\). In a previous paper [\textit{B.-Y. Chen}, Arch. Math. 67, 519-528 (1996; Zbl 0871.53043)], the first author proved that \[ \delta_M\leq {n^2(n-2)\over 2(n-1)} H^2+ \textstyle {1\over 2}(n+1) (n-2)c \] holds for any \(n\)-dimensional submanifold of the complex hyperbolic space \(\mathbb{C} H^m(4c)\) with constant holomorphic sectional curvature \(4c\), where \(H\) denotes the mean curvature of \(M\). In the present paper, the authors classify all proper CR-submanifolds of \(\mathbb{C} H^m(4c)\) for which equality holds in the above inequality.