Isotropic Lagrangian submanifolds in the homogeneous nearly Khler S~3× S~3

We show that isotropic Lagrangian submanifolds in a 6-dimensional strict nearly Khler manifold are totally geodesic. Moreover, under some weaker conditions, a complete classification of the J-isotropic Lagrangian submanifolds in the homogeneous nearly Khler S~3× S~3 is also obtained. Here, a Lagrangian submanifold is called J-isotropic, if there exists a function λ, such that g((▽h)(v, v, v), J v) = λ holds for all unit tangent vector v.     

Lagrangian submanifolds in the homogeneous nearly Kähler $${\mathbb {S}}^3 \times {\mathbb {S}}^3$$

In this paper, we investigate Lagrangian submanifolds in the homogeneous nearly Kähler \(\mathbb {S}^3 \times \mathbb {S}^3\). We introduce and make use of a triplet of angle functions to describe the geometry of a Lagrangian submanifold in \(\mathbb {S}^3 \times \mathbb {S}^3\). We construct a new example of a flat Lagrangian torus and give a complete classification of all the Lagrangian immersions of spaces of constant sectional curvature. As a corollary of our main result, we obtain that the radius of a round Lagrangian sphere in the homogeneous nearly Kähler \(\mathbb {S}^3 \times \mathbb {S}^3\) can only be \(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\) or \(\frac{4}{\sqrt{3}}\).     

Tight Lagrangian surfaces in <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis><Superscript>2</Superscript> × <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis><Superscript>2</Superscript>

We determine all tight Lagrangian surfaces in S ² × S ². In particular, globally tight Lagrangian surfaces in S ² × S ² are nothing but real forms of this symmetric space.     

Decomposition and minimality of lagrangian submanifolds in nearly Kähler manifolds

We show that Lagrangian submanifolds in six-dimensional nearly Kähler (non-Kähler) manifolds and in twistor spaces Z ⁴ⁿ⁺² over quaternionic Kähler manifolds Q ⁴ⁿ are minimal. Moreover, we prove that any Lagrangian submanifold L in a nearly Kähler manifold M splits into a product of two Lagrangian submanifolds for which one factor is Lagrangian in the strict nearly Kähler part of M and the other factor is Lagrangian in the Kähler part of M. Using this splitting theorem, we then describe Lagrangian submanifolds in nearly Kähler manifolds of dimensions six, eight, and ten.     

Complete surfaces of constant curvature in H<Superscript>2</Superscript> × R and S<Superscript>2</Superscript> × R

We study isometric immersions of surfaces of constant curvature into the homogeneous spaces and . In particular, we prove that there exists a unique isometric immersion from the standard 2-sphere of constant curvature c > 0 into and a unique one into when c > 1, up to isometries of the ambient space. Moreover, we show that the hyperbolic plane of constant curvature c < −1 cannot be isometrically immersed into or . J.A. Aledo was partially supported by Ministerio de Education y Ciencia Grant No. MTM2004-02746 and Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, grant no. PAI-05-034. J.M. Espinar and J.A. Gálvez were partially supported by Ministerio de Education y Ciencia grant no. MTM2004-02746 and Junta de Andalucía Grant No. FQM325.     

Tight Lagrangian homology spheres in compact homogeneous Kähler manifolds

For any irreducible compact homogeneous Kähler manifold, we classify the compact tight Lagrangian submanifolds which have the ?²-homology of a sphere.     

A note on <Emphasis Type="Italic">tt</Emphasis><Superscript>*</Superscript>-bundles over compact nearly Kähler manifolds

First, we generalize a rigidity result for harmonic maps of Gordon (Gordon (1972) Proc AM Math Soc 33: 433–437) to generalized pluriharmonic maps. We give the construction of generalized pluriharmonic maps from metric tt ^*-bundles over nearly Kähler manifolds. An application of the last two results is that any metric tt ^*-bundle over a compact nearly Kähler manifold is trivial (Theorem A). This result we apply to special Kähler manifolds to show that any compact special Kähler manifold is trivial. This is Lu’s theorem (Lu (1999) Math Ann 313: 711–713) for the case of compact special Kähler manifolds. Further we introduce harmonic bundles over nearly Kähler manifolds and study the implications of Theorem A for tt ^*-bundles coming from harmonic bundles over nearly Kähler manifolds.     

Kähler submanifolds of the symmetrized polydisc

This paper proves the non-existence of common Kähler submanifolds of the complex Euclidean space and of the symmetrized polydisc endowed with their canonical metrics.     

Surfaces with constant curvature in S<Superscript>2</Superscript>×R and H<Superscript>2</Superscript>×R. Height estimates and representation

We obtain optimal height estimates for surfaces in ℍ² × ℝ and × ℝ with constant Gaussian curvature K(I) and positive extrinsic curvature, characterizing the extreme cases as the revolution ones. Moreover, we get a representation for surfaces with constant Gaussian curvature in such ambient spaces, paying special attention to the cases of K(I) = 1 in × ℝ and K(I) = −1 in ℍ² × ℝ. The first author is partially supported by Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, Grant No. PAI-05-034. The authors are partially supported by MEC-FEDER, Grant No. MTM2007-65249.     

Minimal Lagrangian submanifolds in ℂP<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Superscript> with diagonal metric

We propose a method for constructing minimal Lagrangian submanifolds in ℂP ⁿ using the Baker-Akhiezer functions of algebraic spectral curves.     

Lorentzian Sasaki-Einstein metrics on connected sums of <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis><Superscript>2</Superscript> × <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis><Superscript>3</Superscript>

We settle completely an open problem formulated by Boyer and Galicki in [5] which asks whether or not #kS ² × S ³ are negative Sasakian manifolds for all k. As a consequence of the affirmative answer to this problem, there exists so-called Sasaki η-Einstein and Lorentzian Sasaki-Einstein metrics on these five-manifolds for all k and moreover all of these can be realized as links of isolated hypersurface singularities defined by weighted homogenous polynomials. The key step is to construct infinitely many hypersurfaces in weighted projective space that contain branch divisors \({\Delta=\sum_{i}\left(1-\frac{1}{m_{i}}\right)D_i}\) such that the D _i are rational curves.     

Minimal submanifolds in ℝ<Superscript>4</Superscript> with a G.C.K. structure

In this paper we obtain all invariant, anti-invariant and CR submanifolds in (?⁴, g, J) endowed with a globally conformal Kähler structure which are minimal and tangent or normal to the Lee vector field of the g.c.K. structure.     

Pseudo-holomorphic curves in nearly Kähler manifolds

We study pseudo-holomorphic curves in general nearly Kähler manifolds. For that purpose, we first introduce the fundamental equations of submanifold geometry in terms of the characteristic connection of the nearly Kähler structure. Then we classify pseudo-holomorphic curves with parallel second fundamental form in Chern-flat nearly Kähler manifolds. Moreover, we give a new Simons type identity. As an application of this identity, we show that the closed pseudo-holomorphic curves in Chern-flat nearly Kähler manifolds with a second fundamental form of controlled growth are totally geodesic.     

On the Nitsche conjecture for harmonic mappings in ℝ<Superscript>2</Superscript> and ℝ<Superscript>3</Superscript>

We give the new inequality related to the J. C. C. Nitsche conjecture (see [6]). Moreover, we consider the two- and three-dimensional case. LetA(r, 1)={z:r<|z|<1}. Nitsche's conjecture states that if there exists a univalent harmonic mapping from an annulusA(r, 1), to an annulusA(s, 1), thens is at most 2r/(r ²+1).Lyzzaik's result states thats<t wheret is the length of the Grötzsch's ring domain associated withA(r, 1) (see [5]). Weitsman's result states thats≤1/(1+1/2(r logr)²) (see [8]).Our result for two-dimensional space states thats≤1/(1+1/2 log² r) which improves Weitsman's bound for allr, and Lyzzaik's bound forr close to 1. For three-dimensional space the result states thats≤1/(r?logr).     

Semiclassical short strings in AdS<Subscript>5</Subscript> × <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis><Superscript>5</Superscript>

In the short-string limit, we present results for the one-loop correction to the energy of string solutions in AdS ₅ × S ⁵ that belong to a certain class. The computations are based on the observation that the fluctuation operators, just as for rigid spinning-string elliptic solutions, can be written in the single-gap Lamé form. Based on these computations, we reveal a remarkable universality of the expression for the energy of short semiclassical strings, which may help in better understanding the structure of the strongcoupling expansion of the anomalous dimensions of dual gauge theory operators.     

Complete real Kähler submanifolds in codimension two

Minimal isometric immersions \(f : M^{2n} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{2n+2}\) in codimension two from a complete Kähler manifold into Euclidean space had been classified in Dajczer and Gromoll (Invent Math 119:235–242, 1995) for n ≥  3. In this note we describe the non-minimal situation showing that, if f is real analytic but not everywhere minimal, then f is a cylinder over a real Kähler surface \(g : N^4 \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^6\) , that is, \(M^{2n} = N^4 \times {\mathbb{C}}^{n-2}\) and f = g × id split, where \({id} : {\mathbb{C}}^{n-2} \cong {\mathbb{R}}^{2n-4}\) is the identity map. Moreover, g can be further described.     

Constant angle surfaces in ℍ<Superscript>2</Superscript> × ℝ

We classify all surfaces in ℍ² × ℝ for which the unit normal makes a constant angle with the ℝ-direction. Here ℍ² is the hyperbolic plane. The author was supported by grants CEEX ET 5883/2006-2008 and PNII ID_ 398/2007-2010 ANCS (Romania).     

Free involutions on <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis><Superscript>1</Superscript> × <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Superscript>

Topological free involutions on S ¹ × S ⁿ are classified up to conjugation. We prove that this is the same as classifying quotient manifolds up to homeomorphism. There are exactly four possible homotopy types of such quotients, and surgery theory is used to classify all manifolds within each homotopy type.     

Immersion of Kähler manifolds in the class of convex submanifolds

It is proved that a real complete convex Kähler submanifold in Euclidean space splits as a metric product of two-dimensional surfaces of positive Gaussian curvature in Euclidean 3-space and a Euclidean subspace. A theorem of V. K. Beloshapka and S. N. Bychkov is generalized to the case of convex submanifolds of any codimension.