Evolution equations for special Lagrangian 3-folds in \(\mathbb C^3\) (Q5960165)

\textit{R.~Harvey} and \textit{H.~B.~Lawson} [Acta Math. 148, 47-157 (1982; Zbl 0584.53021)] introduced calibrated and special Lagrangian submanifolds. Let \((X,g)\) be a Riemannian manifold, and suppose \(\varphi\) is a closed exterior \(p\)-form with the property that \(\varphi|_\xi\leq{\text{vol}} _\xi\) for all oriented tangent \(p\)-planes \(\xi\) on \(X\). Then \(\varphi\) is said to be a calibration on \(X\). An oriented submanifold \(M\) of \(X\) is a calibrated submanifold if \(\varphi|_{T_xM}={\text{vol}} _{T_xM}\) for all \(x\in M\). Obviously, a calibrated submanifold is minimal since \({\text{vol}} (M)\leq {\text{vol}} (\widetilde M)\) for any \(\widetilde M\) such that \(\partial M=\partial \widetilde M\). A submanifold \(L\) of \(\mathbb C^m\) is a special Lagrangian submanifold if it is calibrated with respect to the form \(\varphi={\text Re}\{ dz_1\wedge\cdots\wedge dz_m\}\). Special Lagrangian submanifolds of Calabi-Yau became very important in trying to understand mirror symmetry for Calabi-Yau manifolds [\textit{A.~Strominger, S.-T.~Yau} and \textit{E.~Zaslow}, Nucl. Phys., B 479, No.1-2, 243-259 (1996; Zbl 0896.14024)], but very little was known about their existence, structure, or singularities. The paper [Math. Ann. 320, No. 4, 757-797 (2001; Zbl 1085.53503)] is one of a series of powerful papers of the author constructing special Lagrangian \(m\)-folds in \(\mathbb C^m\), thereby giving us local models of general special Lagrangians and their singularities. While the other papers use symmetries, rulings and integrable systems methods to generate solutions, in that paper the author defined the idea of evolution data, which includes an \((m-1)\)-dimensional submanifold \(P\) in \(\mathbb R^n\), and constructed a family of special Lagrangian \(m\)-folds \(N\) in \(\mathbb C^m\) which are swept out by the image of \(P\) under a 1-parameter family of affine maps \(\varphi_t: \mathbb R^n\to \mathbb C^m\) satisfying a first-order ODE in \(t\). This gives new examples generalizing those of Harvey and Lawson. In the present paper, the author uses the same idea to construct special Lagrangian 3-folds in \(\mathbb C^3\) and finds a one-to-one correspondence between sets of evolution data with \(m=3\) and homogeneous symplectic 2-manifolds \(P\). This enables to write down several interesting sets of evolution data and to construct corresponding families of special Lagrangian 3-folds in \(\mathbb C^3\). The most important issue is that these families are written explicitly in parametric form. In general, they are nonsingular as immersed 3-submanifolds and diffeomorphic to \(\mathbb R^3\) or \(S^1\times\mathbb R^2\). However, some of the 3-folds are singular and then the author finds their singularities.