Closed twisted products and \(SO(p) \times SO(q)\)-invariant special Lagrangian cones (Q432564)

The authors study in depth a class of higher dimensional special Legendrians called twisted products, For the first time such special Legendrians were studied in [\textit{I. Castro} et al., Pac. J. Math. 227, No. 1, 43--63 (2006; Zbl 1129.53039)]. Twisted products in conjunction with gluing methods, special Legendrians being building blocks, allow for interesting families of examples. The main results are gathered in three theorems Theorem A. (I) For any \(n > 3 \), there are infinitely many topological types of SL cones in \(\mathbb C^n\), each of which is diffeomorphic to the cone over a product \(S^1 \times \Sigma '\) for some smooth closed manifold \(\Sigma '\), and each of which admits infinitely many distinct geometric representatives. (II) For any \(n > 3 \), there are infinitely many topological types of Hamiltonian stationary cones in \(\mathbb C^n\) which are not minimal Lagrangian, each of which is diffeomorphic to the cone over a product \(S^1 \times \Sigma '\) for some smooth closed manifold \(\Sigma '\), and each of which admits infinitely many distinct geometric representatives. Theorem B, (I) For any \(n >2\), there exist special Legendrian immersions of \(T^{n-1}\) into \(S^{2n-1}\) which come in continuous families of arbitrarily high dimension. (II) For any \(n>3\), there exist contact stationary (and not minimal Legendrian) immersions of \(T^{n-1}\) into \(S^{2n-1}\) which come in continuous families of arbitrarily high dimension. Theorem C, (I) For any \(n > 5 \), there are infinitely many topological types of SL cones in \(\mathbb C^n\) of product type which can occur in continuous families of arbitrarily high dimension. (II) For any \(n > 5 \), there are infinitely many topological types of Hamiltonian stationary cones in \(\mathbb C^n\) of product type which are not minimal Lagrangian and which can occur in continuous families of arbitrarily high dimension. The paper is divided into seven sections, the first being an introduction. In the second, the authors show how to generate a new special Legendrian immersion from a pair of lower dimensional special Legendrian immersions and a curve in \(S^3\) satisfying some additional geometric condition. Section 3 explains the relationship between \((p,q)\)-twisted SL-curves in \(S^3\) and \(SO(p) \times SO(q)\)-invariant special Legendrians in \(S^{2p+2q-1}\). Section 4 investigates ODEs that control these curves in \(S^3\). The last three sections are dedicated to the study of families of solutions of the fundamental ODE for \((p,q)\)-twisted SL curves. The paper is closely related to two other papers of the authors [in: L. Ji (ed.) et al., Handbook of geometric analysis. No. 1. Somerville, MA: International Press; Beijing: Higher Education Press. Advanced Lectures in Mathematics (ALM) 7, 77--145 (2008; Zbl 1166.53034); ``The geometry of \(SO(p) \times SO(q)\)-invariant special Lagrangian cones''].