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Normal Holonomy of Complex Hyperbolic Submanifolds

Differential Geometry 2025-11-14 v2

Abstract

We prove that the restricted normal holonomy group of a K\"ahler submanifold of the complex hyperbolic space CHn\mathbb{C}H^{n} is always transitive, provided the index of relative nullity is zero. This contrasts with the case of CPn\mathbb{C}P^{n}, where a Berger type result was proved by Console, Di Scala, and the second author. The proof is based on lifting the submanifold to the pseudo-Riemannian space Cn,1\mathbb{C}^{n,1} and developing new tools to handle the difficulties arising from possible degeneracies in holonomy tubes and associated distributions. In particular, we introduce the notion of weakly polar actions and a framework for dealing with degenerate submanifolds. These techniques could contribute to a broader understanding of submanifold geometry in spaces with indefinite signature, offering new insight into submanifolds in the dual setting of complex projective geometry.

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@article{arxiv.2506.11323,
  title  = {Normal Holonomy of Complex Hyperbolic Submanifolds},
  author = {Santiago Castañeda Montoya and Carlos E. Olmos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.11323},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Accepted in Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

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