Mathematics – Differential Geometry
Scientific paper
2011-12-08
Mathematics
Differential Geometry
30 pages
Scientific paper
We describe natural K\"ahler or para-K\"ahler structures of the spaces of geodesics of pseudo-Riemannian space forms and relate the local geometry of hypersurfaces of space forms to that of their normal congruences, or Gauss maps, which are Lagrangian submanifolds. The space of geodesics L(S^{n+1}_{p,1}) of a pseudo-Riemannian space form S^{n+1}_{p,1} of non-vanishing curvature enjoys a K\"ahler or para-K\"ahler structure (J,G) which is in addition Einstein. Moreover, in the three-dimensional case, L(S^{n+1}_{p,1}) enjoys another K\"ahler or para-K\"ahler structure (J',G') which is scalar flat. The normal congruence of a hypersurface s of S^{n+1}_{p,1} is a Lagrangian submanifold \bar{s} of L(S^{n+1}_{p,1}), and we relate the local geometries of s and \bar{s}. In particular \bar{s} is totally geodesic if and only if s has parallel second fundamental form. In the three-dimensional case, we prove that \bar{s} is minimal with respect to the Einstein metric G (resp. with respect to the scalar flat metric G') if and only if it is the normal congruence of a minimal surface s (resp. of a surface s with parallel second fundamental form); moreover \bar{s} is flat if and only if s is Weingarten.
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