Shape operators of orbits of isotropy subgroups in Riemannian symmetric spaces of the compact type

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Authors László Verhóczki

Publication date 1 January 1996

Published in Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/224947, http://www.emis.de/journals/BAG/vol.36/no.2/

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zbMATH Keywords

root decompositionsecond fundamental formsymmetric spacetotally geodesic submanifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of symmetric spaces (53C35) Global submanifolds (53C40) Compact Lie groups of differentiable transformations (57S15)

Review text

This paper studies submanifolds arising as orbits of isotropy subgroups in symmetric spaces of compact type. The principal aim is to describe their second fundamental form and to distinguish among them the totally geodesic ones. It turns out that the eigenspaces of the shape operator of such a submanifold and their corresponding principal curvatures can be determined in terms of the restricted root decomposition of the ambient space. This is the main result of the paper. As a consequence, a necessary and sufficient condition for an orbit to be totally geodesic is given. Finally, it is shown that the totally geodesic orbits are reflective (as discussed by Leung) and curvature adapted (in the sense of Berndt-Vanhecke). The paper is very clearly written and self-contained.

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