Another general inequality for CR-warped products in complex space forms (Q1424059)

A CR-submanifold is called a CR-product if it is the direct product \( N_T\times N_{\perp }\) of a holomorphic submanifold \(N_T\) and a totally real submanifold \(N_{\perp }\). Let \(\times _f\) and \(f\) denote the warped product and warping function, respectively. In [Monatsh. Math. 133, No. 3, 177--195 (2001; Zbl 0996.53044)] it was shown that there do not exist warped products of the form: \( N_{\perp }\times _fN_T\) in a Kähler manifold beside CR-products. By contrast, it was also shown that there exist many CR-submanifolds which are warped products of the form \(N_T\times _fN_{\perp }\) by reversing the two factors \(N_T\) and \(N_{\perp }\). Such a warped product CR-submanifold is simply called a CR-warped product. In this study, the author proves that every CR-warped product \(N_T\times _fN_{\perp }\) in a complex space form \(\widetilde{M}^m(4c)\) satisfies a general inequality: \[ \left\| \sigma \right\| ^2\geq 2p\left\{ \left\| \nabla \ln f\right\| ^2+\triangle (\ln f)\right\} +4hpc, \] where \(\triangle \) denotes the Laplacian operator, \(h=\dim _CN_T\), \(p=\dim _RN_{\perp }\) and \(\sigma \) is the second fundamental form. He also completely classifies CR-warped products in a complex space form which satisfy the equality case of this inequality.