Mean curvature of extrinsic spheres in submanifolds of real space forms

Given a submanifold P^m with the Hilbert-Schmidt norm of its second fundamental form bounded from above, in a real space form of constant curvature we have obtained a lower bound for the norm of the mean curvature normal vector field of extrinsic spheres with sufficiently small radius in P^m in terms of the mean curvature of the geodesic spheres in with same radius, and the mean curvature of P^m.Received: 4 April 2003     

Singularity of mean curvature flow of Lagrangian submanifolds

In this article we study the tangent cones at first time singularity of a Lagrangian mean curvature flow. If the initial compact submanifold ₀ is Lagrangian and almost calibrated by Re in a Calabi-Yau n-fold (M,), and T>0 is the first blow-up time of the mean curvature flow, then the tangent cone of the mean curvature flow at a singular point (X₀,T) is a stationary Lagrangian integer multiplicity current in R²ⁿ with volume density greater than one at X₀. When n=2, the tangent cone is a finite union of at least two 2-planes in R⁴ which are complex in a complex structure on R⁴.     

A basic inequality and new characterization of Whitney spheres in a complex space form

LetN ⁿ (4c) be ann-dimensional complex space form of constant holomorphic sectional curvature 4c and letx:M ⁿ →N ⁿ (4c) be ann-dimensional Lagrangian submanifold inN ⁿ (4c). We prove that the following inequality always hold onM ⁿ: whereh is the second fundamental form andH is the mean curvature of the submanifold. We classify all submanifolds which at every point realize the equality in the above inequality. As a direct consequence of our Theorem, we give, a new characterization of theWhitney spheres in a complex space form. Partially supported by a research fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung.     

Angle theorems for the Lagrangian mean curvature flow

We prove that symplectic maps between Riemann surfaces L, M of constant, nonpositive and equal curvature converge to minimal symplectic maps, if the Lagrangian angle for the corresponding Lagrangian submanifold in the cross product space satisfies . If one considers a 4-dimensional K?hler-Einstein manifold of nonpositive scalar curvature that admits two complex structures J, K which commute and assumes that is a compact oriented Lagrangian submanifold w.r.t. J such that the K?hler form w.r.t.K restricted to L is positive and , then L converges under the mean curvature flow to a minimal Lagrangian submanifold which is calibrated w.r.t. . Received: 11 April 2001 / Published online: 29 April 2002     

On the Geometry of Lagrangian Submanifolds

We prove that a Lagrangian submanifold passes through each point of a symplectic manifold in the direction of arbitrary Lagrangian plane at this point. Generally speaking, such a Lagrangian submanifold is not unique; nevertheless, the set of all such submanifolds in Hermitian extension of a symplectic manifold of dimension greater than 4 for arbitrary initial data contains a totally geodesic submanifold (which we call the s-Lagrangian submanifold) iff this symplectic manifold is a complex space form. We show that each Lagrangian submanifold in a complex space form of holomorphic sectional curvature equal to c is a space of constant curvature c/4. We apply these results to the geometry of principal toroidal bundles.     

A Relation between Mean Curvature Flow Solitons and Minimal Submanifolds

We derive a one to one correspondence between conformal solitons of the mean curvature flow in an ambient space N and minimal submanifolds in a different ambient space where equals ℝ × N equipped with a warped product metric and show that a submanifold inN converges to a conformal soliton under the mean curvature flow in N if and only if its associatedsubmanifold in converges to a minimal submanifold under a rescaled mean curvature flow in . We then define a notion of stability for conformal solitons and obtain L^p estimates as well as pointwise estimates for the curvature of stable solitons.     

A twistor construction of Kähler submanifolds of a quaternionic Kähler manifold

A class of minimal almost complex submanifolds of a Riemannian manifold with a parallel quaternionic structure Q, in particular of a 4-dimensional oriented Riemannian manifold, is studied. A notion of Kähler submanifold is defined. Any Kähler submanifold is pluriminimal. In the case of a quaternionic Kähler manifold of non zero scalar curvature, in particular, when is an Einstein, non Ricci-flat, anti-self-dual 4-manifold, we give a twistor construction of Kähler submanifolds M²ⁿ of maximal possible dimension 2n. More precisely, we prove that any such Kähler submanifold M²ⁿ of is the projection of a holomorphic Legendrian submanifold of the twistor space of , considered as a complex contact manifold with the natural holomorphic contact structure . Any Legendrian submanifold of the twistor space is defined by a generating holomorphic function. This is a natural generalization of Bryants construction of superminimal surfaces in S⁴=P¹. Mathematics Subject Classification (1991) Primary: 53C40; Secondary: 53C55     

Gauss maps of the Ricci-mean curvature flow

In this paper, we investigate the Gauss maps of a Ricci-mean curvature flow. A Ricci-mean curvature flow is a coupled equation of a mean curvature flow and a Ricci flow on the ambient manifold. Ruh and Vilms (Trans Am Math Soc 149: 569–573, 1970) proved that the Gauss map of a minimal submanifold in a Euclidean space is a harmonic map, and Wang (Math Res Lett 10(2–3):287–299, 2003) extended this result to a mean curvature flow in a Euclidean space by proving its Gauss maps satisfy the harmonic map heat flow equation. In this paper, we deduce the evolution equation for the Gauss maps of a Ricci-mean curvature flow, and as a direct corollary we prove that the Gauss maps of a Ricci-mean curvature flow satisfy the vertically harmonic map heat flow equation when the codimension of submanifolds is 1.     

On Ricci curvature ofC-totally real submanifolds in Sasakian space forms

LetM ⁿ be a Riemanniann-manifold. Denote byS(p) and Ric(p) the Ricci tensor and the maximum Ricci curvature onM _n, respectively. In this paper we prove that everyC-totally real submanifold of a Sasakian space formM ^2m+1(c) satisfies , whereH ² andg are the square mean curvature function and metric tensor onM ⁿ, respectively. The equality holds identically if and only if eitherM ⁿ is totally geodesic submanifold or n = 2 andM ⁿ is totally umbilical submanifold. Also we show that if aC-totally real submanifoldM ⁿ ofM ²ⁿ⁺¹ (c) satisfies identically, then it is minimal.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">r</Emphasis>-Minimal submanifolds in space forms

Let be an n-dimensional compact, possibly with boundary, submanifold in an (n + p)-dimensional space form R ^n+p (c). Assume that r is even and , in this paper we introduce rth mean curvature function S _r and (r + 1)-th mean curvature vector field . We call M to be an r-minimal submanifold if on M, we note that the concept of 0-minimal submanifold is the concept of minimal submanifold. In this paper, we define a functional of , by calculation of the first variational formula of J _r we show that x is a critical point of J _r if and only if x is r-minimal. Besides, we give many examples of r-minimal submanifolds in space forms. We calculate the second variational formula of J _r and prove that there exists no compact without boundary stable r-minimal submanifold with in the unit sphere S ^n+p . When r = 0, noting S ₀ = 1, our result reduces to Simons’ result: there exists no compact without boundary stable minimal submanifold in the unit sphere S ^n+p .      

Maslovian Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature in complex projective or complex hyperbolic planes

A Lagrangian submanifold is called Maslovian if its mean curvature vector H is nowhere zero and its Maslov vector field JH is a principal direction of A_H . In this article we classify Maslovian Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature in complex projective plane CP ² as well as in complex hyperbolic plane CH ². We prove that there exist 14 families of Maslovian Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature in CP ² and 41 families in CH ². All of the Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature obtained from these families admit a unit length Killing vector field whose integral curves are geodesics of the Lagrangian surfaces. Conversely, locally (in a neighborhood of each point belonging to an open dense subset) every Maslovian Lagrangian surface of constant curvature in CP ² or in CH ² is a surface obtained from these 55 families. As an immediate by‐product, we provide new methods to construct explicitly many new examples of Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature in complex projective and complex hyperbolic planes which admit a unit length Killing vector field. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Lagrangian spheres in the 2-dimensional complex space forms

By constructing a holomorphic cubic form for Lagrangian surfaces with nonzero constant length mean curvature vector in a 2-dimensional complex space form (4c), we characterize the Lagrangian pesudosphere as the only branched Lagrangian immersion of a sphere in (4c) with nonzero constant length mean curvature vector. When c = 0, our result reduces to Castro-Urbano’s result in [1]. H. Li is partially supported by NSFC grant No. 10531090 H. Ma is partially supported by NSFC grant No. 10501028 and SRF for ROCS, SEM     

The homeomorphism type of unital-like submanifolds in smooth projective planes

We prove that a compact, connected submanifold of the point space of a smooth projective plane is homeomorphic to a sphere provided that certain intersection properties with lines are satisfied. As an application, we show that the set of absolute points of a smooth polarity in a smooth projective plane of dimension 2l is empty or homeomorphic to a sphere of dimension 2l - 1 or .Received: 13 September 2002     

Submanifolds of positive Ricci curvature in a Euclidean space

In this paper we study the role of constant vector fields on a Euclidean space R ^n+p in shaping the geometry of its compact submanifolds. For an n-dimensional compact submanifold M of the Euclidean space R ^n+p with mean curvature vector field H and a constant vector field on R ^n+p , the smooth function is used to obtain a characterization of sphere among compact submanifolds of positive Ricci curvature (cf. main Theorem).      

Lagrangian Spheres in the Complex Euclidean Space Satisfying a Geometric Equality

For a Lagrangian submanifold of Cⁿ with scalar curvature and mean curvature vector H, the inequality ( n²(n-1)/n+2 |H|²) holds, and the equality is given only in open sets of the Lagrangian subspaces of ⁿ or of the Whitney sphere (cf. [RU] and also [BCM]). In this paper, a one-parameter family of Lagrangian spheres including the Whitney sphere is constructed. They satisfy a geometric equality of type = |H|², with >0, and they are globally characterized inside the family of compact Lagrangian submanifolds with null first Betti number in Cⁿ.     

A minimizing deformation of Legendrian submanifolds in the standard sphere

In this note we study the moduli space of minimal Legendrian submanifolds in the standard sphere S²ⁿ⁻¹. We show that new examples of minimal Legendrian submanifolds can be constructed, if we can solve a certain equation for a function on a nearby glued Legendrian submanifold. As a step toward solving this equation, we prove short-time existence for a particular gradient flow on the space of immersed Legendrian submanifolds. A new necessary condition for a Lagrangian embedding into is given.     

Maximum principles for submanifolds of arbitrary codimension and bounded mean curvature

We construct quadratic forms on which are subharmonic on any n-dimensional minimal submanifold in and, more generally, on submanifolds of bounded mean curvature. This leads to nonexistence results for connected n-dimensional minimal submanifolds in as well as to necessary conditions for the existence of connected submanifolds of bounded mean curvature with arbitrary codimension. Furthermore we discuss a barrier principle for n-dimensional submanifolds in of bounded mean curvature.Received: 11 November 2003, Accepted: 29 January 2004, Published online: 2 April 2004Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 35J60, 49Q05, 53C42     

On spacelike submanifolds with parallel mean curvature in an indefinite space form

In this work we use a Simon??s type inequality for a suitable tensor and apply it to obtain sharp estimates for the supremum of the scalar curvature for complete spacelike submanifold M ⁿ with parallel mean curvature vector in an indefinite space form ${N^{n+p}_p(c)}$ .     

Screen conformal lightlike submanifolds of semi-Riemannian manifolds

Since the induced objects on a lightlike submanifold depend on its screen distribution which, in general, is not unique and hence we can not use the classical submanifold theory on a lightlike submanifold in the usual way. Therefore, in present paper, we study screen conformal lightlike submanifolds of a semi-Riemannian manifold, which are essential for the existence of unique screen distribution. We obtain a characterization theorem for the existence of screen conformal lightlike submanifolds of a semi-Riemannian manifold. We prove that if the differential operator D^s is a metric Otsuki connection on transversal lightlike bundle for a screen conformal lightlike submanifold then semi-Riemannian manifold is a semi-Euclidean space. We also obtain some characterization theorems for a screen conformal totally umbilical lightlike submanifold of a semi-Riemannian space form. Further, we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for a screen conformal lightlike submanifold of constant curvature to be a semi-Euclidean space. Finally, we prove that for an irrotational screen conformal lightlike submanifold of a semi-Riemannian space form, the induced Ricci tensor is symmetric and the null sectional curvature vanishes.