From surfaces in the 5-sphere to 3-manifolds in complex projective 3-space (Q4806501)

Let \(M^ n\) be a totally real submanifold of a holomophic space form \(\widetilde{M}(4c)\) of holomorphic sectional curvature \(4c\). \(M^ n\) is said to satisfy Chen's equality if:\smallskip \[ \delta_ M(p) = {{n^ 2(n-2)}\over {2(n-1)}} H^ 2(p) + {1\over 2} (n+1)(n-2)c. \] Here \(H\) denotes the length of the mean curvature vector and \(\delta_ M\) stands for the intrinsic Riemannian invariant introduced by \textit{B.-Y. Chen} [Arch. Math. 60, No. 6, 568--578 (1993; Zbl 0811.53060)]. \(\delta_ M(p)\) is defined as \(\delta_M(x)= s(x)- \inf \{K(\sigma): \sigma\subset T_xM\}\), where \(K\) and \(s\) denote, respectively, sectional and not normalized scalar curvature of \(M^n\). The authors associate a minimal Lagrangian submanifold satisfying Chen's equality in 3-dimensional complex projective space, a minimal surface in \(S^ 5\) with ellipse of curvature a circle. The reverse construction had been previously established [\textit{J. Bolton, C. Scharlach, L. Vrancken} and \textit{L. M. Woodward}, From certain minimal Lagrangian submanifolds of the 3-dimensional projective space to minimal surfaces in the 5 sphere [Proceedings of the 5th Pacific Rim geometry conference, Tôhoku University, Sendai, Japan, 2000. Sendai: Tôhoku University. Tohoku Math. Publ. 20, 23-31 (2001; Zbl 1064.53039)]. For more results on Chen's equality, see: \textit{M. M. Tripathi}, \textit{J.-S. Kim} and \textit{S.-B. Kim}, Int. J. Math. Math. Sci. 2003, No. 11, 711--716 (2003; Zbl 1020.53037), \textit{G. Li}, Result. Math. 40, No. 1-4, 257--264 (2001; Zbl 0998.53012), \textit{M. Dajczer} and \textit{L. A. Florit}, Ill. J. Math. 42, No. 1, 97--106 (1998; Zbl 0903.53017), \textit{F. Dillen} and \textit{L. Vrancken}, Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 348, No. 4, 1633--1646 (1996; Zbl 0882.53017).