On the classification of Smale–Barden manifolds with Sasakian structures

Smale–Barden manifolds [Formula: see text] are classified by their second homology [Formula: see text] and the Barden invariant [Formula: see text]. It is an important and difficult question to decide when [Formula: see text] admits a Sasakian structure in terms of these data. In this work, we show methods of doing this. In particular, we realize all [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] provided that [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] are pairwise coprime. We give a complete solution to the problem of the existence of Sasakian structures on rational homology spheres in the class of semi-regular Sasakian structures. Our method allows us to completely solve the following problem of Boyer and Galicki in the class of semi-regular Sasakian structures: determine which simply connected rational homology 5-spheres admit negative Sasakian structures.

Ricci curvature of contact CR-warped product submanifolds in generalized Sasakian space forms admitting a trans-Sasakian structure

The objective of this paper is to achieve the inequality for Ricci curvature of a contact CR-warped product submanifold isometrically immersed in a generalized Sasakian space form admitting a trans-Sasakian structure in the expressions of the squared norm of mean curvature vector and warping function. We provide numerous physical applications of the derived inequalities. Finally, we prove that under a certain condition the base manifold is isometric to a sphere with a constant sectional curvature.

Transverse Kähler holonomy in Sasaki Geometry and S-Stability

We study the transverse Kähler holonomy groups on Sasaki manifolds (M, S) and their stability properties under transverse holomorphic deformations of the characteristic foliation by the Reeb vector field. In particular, we prove that when the first Betti number b 1(M) and the basic Hodge number h 0,2 B(S) vanish, then S is stable under deformations of the transverse Kähler flow. In addition we show that an irreducible transverse hyperkähler Sasakian structure is S-unstable, whereas, an irreducible transverse Calabi-Yau Sasakian structure is S-stable when dim M ≥ 7. Finally, we prove that the standard Sasaki join operation (transverse holonomy U(n 1) × U(n 2)) as well as the fiber join operation preserve S-stability.

Classification of slant surfaces in 𝕊3 × ℝ

We investigate slant surfaces in the almost Hermitian manifold 𝕊3 × ℝ, considering the position of the Reeb vector field ξ of the Sasakian structure on 𝕊3 with respect to the surfaces. We examine two cases: ξ normal or tangent to the surfaces. In the first case, we prove that every surface is totally real. In the second case, we characterize and locally describe complex surfaces. Finally, we completely classify non-complex slant surfaces, giving explicit examples.

Invariance of basic Hodge numbers under deformations of Sasakian manifolds

We show that the Hodge numbers of Sasakian manifolds are invariant under arbitrary deformations of the Sasakian structure. We also present an upper semi-continuity theorem for the dimensions of kernels of a smooth family of transversely elliptic operators on manifolds with homologically orientable transversely Riemannian foliations. We use this to prove that the $$\partial {\bar{\partial }}$$ ∂ ∂ ¯ -lemma and being transversely Kähler are rigid properties under small deformations of the transversely holomorphic structure which preserve the foliation. We study an example which shows that this is not the case for arbitrary deformations of the transversely holomorphic foliation. Finally we point out an application of the upper-semi continuity theorem to K-contact manifolds.

Almost contact Hom-Lie algebras and Sasakian Hom-Lie algebras

In this paper, we consider Hom-Lie groups and introduce left invariant almost contact structures on them (almost contact Hom-Lie algebras). On such Hom-Lie groups, we construct the almost contact metrics and the contact forms. We give the notion of normal almost contact Hom-Lie algebras and describe [Formula: see text]-contact and Sasakian structures on Hom-Lie algebras. Also, we study some of their properties. In addition, it is shown that any Sasakian Hom-Lie algebra is a [Formula: see text]-contact Hom-Lie algebra. Finally, we present examples of Sasakian Hom-Lie algebras and in particular, we show that the skew symmetric matrix [Formula: see text] carries a Sasakian structure.

A Note on Minimal Hypersurfaces of an Odd Dimensional Sphere

We obtain the Wang-type integral inequalities for compact minimal hypersurfaces in the unit sphere S 2 n + 1 with Sasakian structure and use these inequalities to find two characterizations of minimal Clifford hypersurfaces in the unit sphere S 2 n + 1 .