Closed Lagrangian self-shrinkers in \(\mathbb{R}^4\) symmetric with respect to a hyperplane (Q6628906)

The paper under review concerns the theory of mean curvature flow and studies specific submanifolds called self-shrinkers which arise as self-similar solutions of the flow and play an important role in exploring the asymptotic behavior of the flow near singularities.\N\NParticular attention in the paper is paid to Lagrangian self-shrinkers in \(\mathbb R^4\simeq \mathbb C^2\). There are many known examples of Lagrangian self-shrinking tori, see [\textit{U. Abresch} and \textit{J. Langer}, J. Diff. Geom. 23, No. 2, 175--196 (1986; Zbl 0592.53002); \textit{H. Anciaux}, Geom. Dedicata 120, 37--48 (2006; Zbl 1098.35074); \textit{Y.-I. Lee} and \textit{M.-T. Wang}, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 362, No. 3, 1491--1503 (2010; Zbl 1189.53066)], and the problem is whether one can characterize the Clifford torus as the only embedded Lagrangian self-shrinker in \(\mathbb R^4\simeq \mathbb C^2\). This problem is similar to the Lawson conjecture claiming the Clifford torus is the only embedded minimal torus in \(\mathbb S^3\), see [\textit{S. Brendle}, Acta Math. 211, No. 2, 177--190 (2013; Zbl 1305.53061); \textit{A. Ros}, Indiana Univ. Math. J. 44, No. 3, 841--849 (1995; Zbl 0861.53009)].\N\NMotivated by results of \textit{A. Ros} [loc. cit.] which confirm the Lawson conjecture under additional symmetry constraints, the author searches for similar statements in the context of Lagrangian self-shrinkers and gets the following results.\N\NTheorem. Let \(F^2\) be a closed Lagrangian self-shrinker in \(\mathbb R^4\simeq \mathbb C^2\). Assume that \(F^2\) is symmetric with respect to a hyperplane. Then \(F^2\) is the product of two Abresch-Langer curves.\N\NRecall that the Abresch-Langer curves are one-dimensional self-shrinkers in \(\mathbb R^2\) and they also possess reflection symmetries. Besides, the family of Abresch-Langer curves includes the circle, and it is the only embedded curve in the family.\N\NCorollary. If a closed embedded Lagrangian self-shrinker in \(\mathbb R^4\simeq \mathbb C^2\) is symmetric with respect to a hyperplane, then it is the Clifford torus.