Galloway's compactness theorem on Sasakian manifolds (Q1306334)

In 1941 \textit{S. B. Myers} [Duke Math. J. 8, 401-404 (1941; Zbl 0025.22704)] proved that a complete Riemannian manifold \(M^n\) with positive mean curvature is compact. Under suitable conditions, in 1981 \textit{G. Galloway} [Manuscr. Math. 35, 209-219 (1981; Zbl 0474.53054)] showed that if \(V^r\), \(r<n\), is a compact minimal submanifold of \(M^n\), then \(M\) must be compact. The analogue of Galloway's theorem in the case of Kähler manifolds has been obtained by \textit{K. Kenmotsu} and \textit{C. Y. Xia} [Pac. J. Math. 176, 129-139 (1996; Zbl 0865.53053)]. The main purpose of the present paper is to prove Galloway's theorem for Sasakian manifolds. The authors make use of both the focal points and index form technique. A special vector field on the manifold is constructed.