2-type flat integral submanifolds in \(S^ 7(1)\) (Q1903628)

The authors study finite type submanifolds in the sense of the reviewer [Total mean curvature and submanifolds of finite type, World Scientific (1984; Zbl 0537.53049)]. The authors completely determine all flat, mass-symmetric, 3-dimensional, 2-type submanifolds of the unit sphere \(S^7(1)\) which are integral submanifolds of the canonical contact structure. In particular, they prove that such a submanifold is locally the product of 3 curves such that any one of these curves is a helix of order 4 or a circle in \(E^8\).