Ruled real hypersurfaces in the complex hyperbolic quadric (Q6184653)

In [Commun. Contemp. Math. 20, No. 2, Article ID 1750031, 20 p. (2018; Zbl 1378.53068)], the second author of the current article classified complete real hypersurfaces in the complex hyperbolic quadrics \(Q^{n^\ast}:=SO^{o}_{2,n}/SO_2 SO_n\), \(n\geq 3\) with commuting shape operators in terms of tubes over complex hyperbolic spaces \(\mathbb CH^k\) in \(Q^{2k^\ast}, n=2k\) and horospheres. In this article, the authors introduce and study the weaker case where the shape operator is so-called \(\eta\)-commuting and \(\eta\)-parallel. They give a classification of real hypersurfaces in the complex hyperbolic quadrics \(Q^{n^\ast}\) regarding \(\eta\)-parallel and \(\eta\)-commuting shape operators. The results are in direction of those obtained by \textit{M. Kimura}, [Math. Ann. 276, 487--497 (1987; Zbl 0605.53023)], \textit{M. Lohnherr} and \textit{H. Reckziegel}, [Geom. Dedicata 74, No. 3, 267--286 (1999; Zbl 0932.53018)], \textit{M. Ortega}, [Bull. Belg. Math. Soc. - Simon Stevin 9, No. 3, 351--360 (2002; Zbl 1046.53009)], \textit{J. de Dios Pérez}, [in: Proceedings of the 10th international workshop on differential geometry, Taegu, Korea, November 10--11, 2005. Taegu: Kyungpook National University. 23--30 (2006; Zbl 1157.53314)] and others concerning the classifications of ruled hypersurfaces of the complex quadrics \(Q^n\) or complex projective spaces \(\mathbb CP^n\). Of particular interest is the proof that every real hypersurface in the complex hyperbolic quadric \(Q^{n^\ast}, n\geq 3\) with \(\eta\)-parallel and \(\eta\)-commuting shape operator is locally congruent to some ruled real hypersurface in \(Q^{n^\ast}\). As a byproduct, it results that the unit normal vector fields of ruled hypersurfaces are \(\mathfrak A\)-principal. As the second main result of this article, it is shown that the shape operator of a real hypersurface in \(M\subset Q^{n^\ast}\) is \(\eta\)-parallel and its holomorphic distribution \(C:=\{X\in TM: X\bot\xi\}\) is integrable if and only if \(M\) is locally congruent to some ruled hypersurface in \(Q^{n^\ast}\). Here, \(\xi\) is the Reeb vector field of \(M\). The authors also explain that every real hypersurface in \(Q^{n^\ast}\) with \(\eta\)-parallel and \(\eta\)-commuting shape operator is either a Hopf or a ruled hypersurface. Then, in order to complete the desired classification, the authors also classify Hopf hypersurfaces in \(Q^{n^\ast}\) admitting \(\eta\)-parallel shape operators.