New characterizations of the Whitney spheres and the contact Whitney spheres

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DOI10.1007/S00009-022-01994-8zbMATH Open1496.53060arXiv2102.01308OpenAlexW3127722387WikidataQ114232246 ScholiaQ114232246MaRDI QIDQ2113585FDOQ2113585

Zejun Hu, Cheng Xing

Publication date: 14 March 2022

Published in: Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, based on the classical K. Yano's formula, we first establish an optimal integral inequality for compact Lagrangian submanifolds in the complex space forms, which involves the Ricci curvature in the direction JvecH and the norm of the covariant differentiation of the second fundamental form h, where J is the almost complex structure and vecH is the mean curvature vector field. Second and analogously, for compact Legendrian submanifolds in the Sasakian space forms with Sasakian structure (varphi,xi,eta,g), we also establish an optimal integral inequality involving the Ricci curvature in the direction varphivecH and the norm of the modified covariant differentiation of the second fundamental form. The integral inequality is optimal in the sense that all submanifolds attaining the equality are completely classified. As direct consequences, we obtain new and global characterizations for the Whitney spheres in complex space forms as well as the contact Whitney spheres in Sasakian space forms. Finally, we show that, just as the Whitney spheres in complex space forms, the contact Whitney spheres in Sasakian space forms are locally conformally flat manifolds with sectional curvatures non-constant.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.01308





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