Transversal symmetries on real hypersurfaces in a complex space form (Q372596)

The authors consider orientable hypersurfaces \(M\) in a complex non-flat space form \(\tilde M(c)\) of constant holomorphic curvature \(c\) (which is either the complex projective space \(P_n\mathbb C\) or the complex hyperbolic space \(H_n\mathbb C\)). These \(M\) have an almost contact metric structure. In the contact geometry there is a notion of transversal symmetry (or a \(\phi\)-symmetry). Also the structural reflections (i.e. the reflections with respect to the integral curves of the structure vector \(\xi\) of the contact structure mentioned above) are considered. Two main results in this paper are: Theorem 1. Let \(M\) be a real hypersurface in a non-flat complex space form \(\tilde M_n(c)\) (\(c \neq 0\)). Then the structural reflections on \(M\) are isometries iff \(M\) is locally congruent to a homogeneous hypersurface of type (A) or (B) in \(P_n\mathbb C\) or \(H_n\mathbb C\). There are some special classes \((A)\) (in fact \((A_1),(A_2)),(B),(C),(D),(E)\) of hypersurfaces in \(P_n\mathbb C\) and \(H_n\mathbb C\). They may be characterized geometrically. So Theorem 1 gives a classification of some real hypersurface \(M\) in a non-flat complex space form \(\tilde M_n(c)\). Theorem 2. Let \(M\) be a real hypersurface in a non-flat complex space form \(\tilde M_n(c)\) (\(c \neq 0\)). Then the eigenvalues of the transversal Jacobi operators are constant and their eigenspaces are parallel along each transversal geodesic iff \(M\) is locally congruent to a ruled hypersurface in \(P_n\mathbb C\) or \(H_n\mathbb C\).