Certain characterizations of real hypersurfaces of type \(A\) in a complex space form (Q1961902)

Let \(M_n(c)\) be an \(n\)-dimensional \((n\geq 2)\) complex space form with constant holomorphic sectional curvature \(c\neq 0\). Let \(M\) be a real hypersurface of \(M_n(c)\) and denote by \((\phi,\xi,\eta,g)\) the induced almost contact metric structure on \(M\). Denote by \(A\) the shape operator and by \(\nabla\) the Levi Civita covariant derivative of \(M\). Assume that \(\nabla_\xi A=f(A\phi- \phi A)-df(\xi)I\) and \(2f\neq- g(A\xi,\xi)\) for some smooth function \(f\) on \(M\), where \(I\) denotes the identity transformation of the tangent bundle \(TM\) of \(M\). The authors prove that \(M\) is locally congruent to a tube around a totally geodesic \(M^k(c)\subset M^n(c)\) for some \(k\in\{0, \dots, n-1\}\) or (only if \(c<0)\) to a horosphere in \(M^n(c)\).