Geometric meaning of Sasakian space forms from the viewpoint of submanifold theory (Q616636)

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Geometric meaning of Sasakian space forms from the viewpoint of submanifold theory
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    Geometric meaning of Sasakian space forms from the viewpoint of submanifold theory (English)
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    12 January 2011
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    Let \(\tilde{M}_{n}(c),\) \(n\geq 2\) be a complex \(n\)-dimensional complete and simply connected Kähler manifold of constant holomorphic sectional curvature \( c\neq 0.\) As is well-know, every real hypersurface \(M^{2n-1}\) of \(\tilde{M}_{n}(c)\) admits an almost contact metric structure \((\phi, \xi, \eta, g)\) induced by the ambient space. Then again, Sasakian manifolds and Sasakian space forms are analogues to Kähler manifolds and complex space forms, respectively. Motivated by previous result in this area, the authors show that \(M^{2n-1}\) is a real hypersurface all of whose geodesics orthogonal to the characteristic vector field \(\xi\) are mapped to circles of the same curvature \(1\) in an \(n\)-dimensional nonflat complex space form \(\tilde{M}_{n}(c)\) if and only if \(M\) is a Sasakian manifold with respect to the almost contact metric structure from the ambient space \(\tilde{M}_{n}(c).\) Moreover, this Sasakian manifold \(M\) is a Sasakian space form of constant \(\phi\)-sectional curvature \(c+1\) for each \( c\neq 0.\)
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    nonflat complex spaces forms
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    real hyersurfaces
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    \(\xi\)-umbilic hypersurfaces
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    almost contact metric structure
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    Sasakian manifolds
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    Sasakian space forms
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    geodesics
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    structure torsion
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    Berger spheres
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    circles
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