Submanifolds in manifolds with metric mixed 3-structures (Q414390)

A mixed 3-structure on a smooth manifold \(\overline{M}\) is given by two almost para-contact structures and one almost contact structure, in the sense of [\textit{S. Sasaki}, Tohoku Math. J., II. Ser. 12, 459--476 (1960; Zbl 0192.27903); \textit{I. Sato}, Tensor, New Ser. 30, 219--224 (1976; Zbl 0344.53025)], satisfying certain compatibility conditions. A metric mixed 3-structure is a mixed 3-structure with an adapted pseudo-Riemannian metric \(\overline{g}\). The dimension of \(\overline{M}\) is necessarily \(4n+3\) and the signature of the metric \(\overline{g}\) is \((2n+1,2n+2)\) or \((2n+2,2n+1)\). If the defining almost (para-)contact structures of a metric mixed 3-structure are (para-)cosymplectic and (para-)Sasakian, then the whole structure is called mixed 3-cosymplectic and mixed 3-Sasakian structure, respectively. A non-degenerate immersed submanifold \(M\) of a manifold \(\overline{M}\) with a metric mixed 3-structure is called invariant if its tangent bundle \(TM\) is invariant under the action of any of the 3-structure endomorphisms of \(T\overline{M}\). Likewise, it is called anti-invariant if \(TM\) is mapped into its normal bundle within the ambient bundle \(T\overline{M}\). The paper discusses various aspects of the geometry of invariant and anti-invariant submanifolds in manifolds endowed with metric mixed 3-structures. On the one hand, it is shown that there is no anti-invariant submanifold tangent to the 3-structure vector fields. On the other hand, any invariant submanifold is necessarily either tangent or normal to these vector fields. The three respective cases are thoroughly studied in separate sections, with the ambient manifold being mixed 3-cosymplectic and mixed 3-Sasakian, respectively. One of the typical results reads as follows: A non-degenerate submanifold of a mixed 3-Sasakian manifold, tangent to the structure vector fields, is totally geodesic if and only if it is invariant.