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Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriya 1. Mathematica. Physica, 2014 Issue 2(21), Pages 6–16 (Mi vvgum41)

Mathematics

Some properties of normal sections and geodesics on cyclic recurrent submanifolds

I. I. Bodrenko

Volgograd State University

Abstract: Let $F^{n}$ be $n$-dimensional $(n \geq 2)$ submanifold in $(n+p)$-dimensional Euclidean space $E^{n+p}$ $(p \geq 1)$. Let $x$ be arbitrary point $F^n$, $T_xF^n$ be tangent space to $F^n$ at the point $x$. Let $\gamma_g(x, t)$ be a geodesic on $F^n$ passing through the point $x\in F^n$ in the direction $t\in T_x F^n$. Denote by $k_g (x, t)$ and $\varkappa_g (x, t)$ curvature and torsion of geodesic $\gamma_g (x, t)\subset E^{n+p}$, respectively, calculated for point $x$.
Torsion $\varkappa_g(x, t)$ of geodesic $\gamma_g (x, t)$ is called geodesic torsion of submanifold $F^n\subset E^{n+p}$ at the point $x$ in the direction $t$.
Let $\gamma_N(x, t)$ be a normal section of submanifold $F^n\subset E^{n+p}$ at the point $x\in F^n$ in the direction $t\in T_xF^n$. Denote by $k_N (x, t)$ and $\varkappa_N (x, t)$ curvature and torsion of normal section $\gamma_N (x, t)\subset E^{n+p}$, respectively, calculated for point $x$.
Denote by $b$ the second fundamental form of $F^n$, by $\overline\nabla$ the connection of van der Waerden — Bortolotti.
The fundamental form $b\not=0$ is called cyclic recurrent if on $F^n$ there exists $1$-form $\mu$ such that
$$ \overline\nabla_X b(Y,Z)= \mu(X)b(Y,Z) + \mu(Y)b(Z,X)+ \mu(Z)b(X,Y) $$
for all vector fields $X, Y, Z$ tangent to $F^n$.
Submanifold $F^n\subset E^{n+p}$ with cyclic recurrent the second fundamental form $b\ne 0$ is called cyclic recurrent submanifold.
The properties of normal sections $\gamma_N(x, t)$ and geodesics $\gamma_g(x, t)$ on cyclic recurrent submanifolds $F^n\subset E^{n+p}$ are studied in this article. The conditions for which cyclic recurrent submanifolds $F^n \subset E^{n+p}$ have zero geodesic torsion $\varkappa_g(x, t)\equiv 0$ at every point $x\in F^n$ in every direction $t\in T_xF^n$ are derived in this article.
Denote by ${\mathcal R}_0$ a set of submanifolds $F^n\subset E^{n+p}$, on which
$$ k_g (x,t)\ne 0, \quad \varkappa_g(x,t)\equiv 0, \quad \forall x\in F^n, \quad \forall t\in T_xF^n. $$

The following theorem is proved in this article.
Let $F^n$ be a cyclic recurrent submanifold in $E^{n+p}$ with no asymptotic directions. Then $F^n$ belongs to the set ${\mathcal R}_0$ if and only if the following condition holds:
$$ k_N(x, t) = k(x), \quad \forall x\in F^n, \quad \forall t\in T_xF^n. $$


Keywords: the second fundamental form, cyclic recurrent submanifold, geodesic torsion, normal section, normal curvature, normal torsion, connection of van der Waerden — Bortolotti.

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