Volume minimization of Lagrangian submanifolds under Hamiltonian deformations (Q1319283)

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Volume minimization of Lagrangian submanifolds under Hamiltonian deformations
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    Volume minimization of Lagrangian submanifolds under Hamiltonian deformations (English)
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    12 April 1994
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    We introduce the problem of minimizing the volume of Lagrangian submanifolds under Hamiltonian deformations in Kähler manifolds. We state the corresponding Euler-Lagrange equation and derive its second variation formula. We apply this second variation formula to study the stability property of the standard Lagrangian tori \(S^ 1(r_ 1)\times \cdots \times S^ 1(r_ n)\) in \(\mathbb{C}^ n\) which turn out to satisfy the above Euler-Lagrange equation. We prove that the second variation is (semi)-positive and that the null space is the span of normal projections of the infinitesimal holomorphic isometries of \(\mathbb{C}^ n\) which is isomorphic to the Lie algebra \(su(n)\odot \mathbb{C}^ n\). This in particular proves that these tori are isolated local minima (up to isometries) of volume inside the Hamiltonian deformations.
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    Lagrangian submanifolds
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    Kähler manifolds
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    Euler-Lagrange equation
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    second variation formula
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    Lagrangian tori
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