On local holomorphic maps between K\"ahler manifolds preserving $(p,p)$-forms

We study local holomorphic maps between K\"ahler manifolds preserving $(p,p)$-forms. In this direction, we prove that any such local holomorphic map $F$ is a holomorphic isometry up to a scalar constant provided that $p$ is strictly less than the complex dimension of the domain of $F$. We then study local holomorphic maps between finite dimensional complex space forms preserving invariant $(p,p)$-forms. It was proved by Calabi that there does not exist a local holomorphic isometry between complex space forms $M$ and $N$ provided that $M$ and $N$ are of different types. In this article, we generalize this result to local holomorphic maps between complex space forms $M$ and $N$ preserving invariant $(p,p)$-forms whenever $M$ and $N$ are of different types except for the case where the universal covers of $M, N$ are biholomorphic to $\mathbb{C}^m, \mathbb{P}^n$, respectively and $2\le p=m<n$. We also obtain some results in more general settings, including the study on indefinite K\"ahler manifolds and relatives for K\"ahler manifolds.