We show that (Formula presented.)-invariant submanifolds of metric contact pairs with orthogonal characteristic foliations make constant angles with the Reeb vector fields. Our main result is that for the normal case such submanifolds of dimension at least 2 are all minimal. We prove that an odd-dimensional (Formula presented.)-invariant submanifold of a metric contact pair with orthogonal characteristic foliations inherits a contact form with an almost contact metric structure, and this induced structure is contact metric if and only if the submanifold is tangent to one Reeb vector field and orthogonal to the other one. Furthermore, we show that the leaves of the two characteristic foliations of the differentials of the contact pair are minimal. We also prove that when one Reeb vector field is Killing and spans one characteristic foliation, the metric contact pair is locally the product of a contact metric manifold with (Formula presented.)

Invariant submanifolds of metric contact pairs

PIU, MARIA PAOLA
2017-01-01

Abstract

We show that (Formula presented.)-invariant submanifolds of metric contact pairs with orthogonal characteristic foliations make constant angles with the Reeb vector fields. Our main result is that for the normal case such submanifolds of dimension at least 2 are all minimal. We prove that an odd-dimensional (Formula presented.)-invariant submanifold of a metric contact pair with orthogonal characteristic foliations inherits a contact form with an almost contact metric structure, and this induced structure is contact metric if and only if the submanifold is tangent to one Reeb vector field and orthogonal to the other one. Furthermore, we show that the leaves of the two characteristic foliations of the differentials of the contact pair are minimal. We also prove that when one Reeb vector field is Killing and spans one characteristic foliation, the metric contact pair is locally the product of a contact metric manifold with (Formula presented.)
2017
Almost contact metric manifold; Metric contact pair; Metric f-structure; Minimal invariant submanifold
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