Decomposition and minimality of Lagrangian submanifolds in nearly Kähler manifolds (Q2269468)

The authors consider Lagrangian submanifolds in nearly Kähler manifolds. Since there is no Darboux Theorem, the existence of Lagrangian submanifolds in nearly Kähler manifolds, even locally, is not unobstructed. The authors study the geometry of Lagrangian submanifolds \(L\), they define some new tensors that are couplings of the second fundamental form \(II\) of \(L\) with the torsion of the canonical connection. In dimension six they show that a Lagrangian submanifold of a strict nearly Kähler six manifold is orientable and minimal [\textit{J. Gutowski, S. Ivanov} and \textit{G. Papadopoulos}, Asian J. Math. 7, No.~1, 39--80 (2003; Zbl 1089.53034)]. One section is devoted to the decomposition of Lagrangian submanifolds \(L\) in nearly Kähler manifolds; the Lagrangian condition is compatible with the splitting of the nearly Kähler manifold \(M\) induced by the operator \(r=Ric-Ric^*\). Finally, the authors analyse Lagrangian submanifolds in twistor spaces over quaternionic Kähler manifolds, totally geodesic submanifolds in three-symmetric spaces and the space of deformations of a Lagrangian submanifold in strict nearly (pseudo) Kähler six manifolds in terms of co-closed eigenforms of the Hodge Laplacian.