Illinois Journal of Mathematics

Austere submanifolds of dimension four: Examples and maximal types

Abstract

Austere submanifolds in Euclidean space were introduced by Harvey and Lawson in connection with their study of calibrated geometries. The algebraic possibilities for second fundamental forms of 4-dimensional austere submanifolds were classified by Bryant, into three types which we label A, B and C. In this paper, we show that type A submanifolds correspond exactly to real Kähler submanifolds, we construct new examples of such submanifolds in $\mathbb{R}^6$ and $\mathbb{R}^{10}$, and we obtain classification results on submanifolds with second fundamental forms of maximal type.

Article information

Source
Illinois J. Math., Volume 54, Number 2 (2010), 713-746.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 14 October 2011

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1318598678

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/ijm/1318598678

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2846479

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1232.53008

Citation

Ionel, Marianty; Ivey, Thomas. Austere submanifolds of dimension four: Examples and maximal types. Illinois J. Math. 54 (2010), no. 2, 713--746. doi:10.1215/ijm/1318598678. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1318598678

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