Normal embedding of spheres into \(\mathbb C^n\) (Q1866570)

The notion of a normal submanifold of \(\mathbb C^n\), as introduced by \textit{J.-C. Sikorav} in Mém. Soc. Math. Fr., Nouv. Sér. 46, 151--167 (1991; Zbl 0751.58010), is a generalization of a Lagrangian submanifold. In the present paper the authors show that the \(n\)-sphere admits a normal embedding into \(\mathbb C^n\) only for \(n=1\) and \(n=3\). Normal embeddings of product of spheres exist if and only if some factor is odd-dimensional. If a compact oriented \(n\)-manifold \(L\) admits a normal embedding into \(\mathbb C^n\) then necessarily \(\chi(L)=0\).