Spinorial representation of submanifolds in a product of space forms

Abstract

We present a method giving a spinorial characterization of an immersion in a product of spaces of constant curvature. As a first application we obtain a proof using spinors of the fundamental theorem of immersion theory in that spaces. We also study special cases: we recover previously known results concerning immersions in ${\mathbb{S}}^2\times \mathbb{R}$ and we obtain new spinorial characterizations of immersions in ${\mathbb{S}}^2\times {\mathbb{R}}^2$ and in ${\mathbb{H}}^2\times \mathbb{R}.$ We then study the theory of $H=1/2$ surfaces in ${\mathbb{H}}^2\times \mathbb{R}$ using this spinorial approach, obtain new proofs of some of its fundamental results and give a direct relation with the theory of $H=1/2$ surfaces in ${\mathbb{R}}^{1,2}.$

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