1. Introduction
The concept of a semi-symmetric linear connection on a Riemannian manifold was initially introduced in the publication mentioned as [
1]. In a subsequent work, the author of [
2] provided a precise definition for a semi-symmetric connection within the context of a linear connection, denoted as ∇, on an 
n-dimensional Riemannian manifold 
. This definition states that the torsion tensor, denoted as 
T, satisfies the condition 
, where 
 represents a 1-form and 
.
The properties of semi-symmetric metric connections were further explored by K. Yano in [
3]. In this work, it was demonstrated that a conformally flat Riemannian manifold equipped with a semi-symmetric connection exhibits a curvature tensor that vanishes. This observation highlights a notable characteristic of such manifolds and contributes to our understanding of the interplay between conformal flatness, semi-symmetric connections, and the curvature properties of Riemannian manifolds. Overall, the developments discussed in these papers provide a foundation for the study of semi-symmetric connections on Riemannian manifolds. They introduce the concept, define its properties, and explore the implications of such connections in relation to the curvature and conformal flatness of the manifold.
On the other hand, warped product manifolds present an intriguing geometric framework for studying the behavior of spacetime near black holes and objects with powerful gravitational fields. Bishop and O’Neill initially introduced these manifolds to explore spaces with negative curvature, but they have since evolved to incorporate warping functions, expanding on the concept of Riemannian product manifolds. By combining two pseudo-Riemannian manifolds—a base manifold 
 and a fiber 
—using a smooth function, 
b, defined on the base manifold, warped product manifolds are constructed. The resulting metric tensor, denoted as 
 reflects the amalgamation of the two manifolds. In this construction, the base manifold represents the underlying space, while the fiber represents an additional space that is warped or scaled by the warping function, 
 Each point in the base manifold is assigned a positive value by the warping function, which influences the manifold’s geometry. When a conformal Killing vector is present in a warped product manifold, it has been extensively studied in the context of Einstein–Weyl geometry, where the warping function acts as a conformal factor, altering the manifold’s geometry. The geometry of these manifolds is determined by a conformal class of metrics, capturing the fundamental geometric properties shared by metrics related through conformal transformations. Leistner and Nurowski’s works [
4,
5] provide comprehensive information and insights on this topic. Furthermore, the use of warped product manifolds has facilitated the exploration of various instances of Ricci solitons, which represent self-similar solutions to the equation governing Ricci flow. These solitons offer valuable insights into the dynamics and evolution of Riemannian manifolds. Notably, extensive research and analysis have focused on investigating "cigar solitons" within Euclidean space [
6,
7].
The investigation of warped products in submanifold theory initially originated from the pioneering work of B. Y. Chen, as referenced in [
8]. Chen’s research primarily focused on CR-warped product submanifolds within the framework of almost Hermitian manifolds. In his seminal work, Chen introduced an estimation for the norm of the second fundamental form by incorporating a warping function. This concept played a crucial role in understanding the geometry of CR-warped product submanifolds.
Expanding upon Chen’s ideas, Hesigawa and Mihai, as mentioned in [
9], delved further into the contact form of these submanifolds. They explored the properties of contact CR-warped product submanifolds embedded within Sasakian space forms. In their study, Hesigawa and Mihai derived a similar approximation for the second fundamental form of such submanifolds. This approximation provided valuable insights into the geometric characteristics and behavior of contact CR-warped product submanifolds within the context of Sasakian space forms.
In general, the contributions of Chen, Hesigawa, and Mihai have significantly advanced our understanding of warped product submanifolds. Their works introduced important concepts, such as the estimation of the norm of the second fundamental form and the exploration of the contact form, which have paved the way for further research and developments in the field of submanifold theory.
The investigation of Einstein warped product manifolds equipped with a semi-symmetric metric connection within the context of warped product manifolds was undertaken by Sular and Ozgur, as referenced in [
10]. Their research primarily focused on exploring the properties and behavior of such manifolds, shedding light on this specific geometric framework.
In a subsequent publication, cited as [
11], Sular and Ozgur expanded on their previous work and obtained additional results concerning warped product manifolds endowed with a semi-symmetric metric connection. These new findings further enhanced the understanding of this geometric framework and contributed to its development.
Moreover, theoretical research and development on submanifold theory, soliton theory, and related topics were carried out by researchers like Li et al., as evidenced by a series of referenced papers [
12,
13,
14,
15,
16,
17,
18,
19,
20,
21,
22,
23,
24]. The works of Li et al. have made significant contributions to the advancement of these research areas, providing valuable insights and motivation for further exploration.
Building upon the prior investigations carried out by Friedmann, Schouten, Hayden, K. Yano, Sular, Ozgur, Li, and others, our research is motivated by their significant contributions. In particular, we are intrigued by the impact of a semi-symmetric metric connection on contact CR-warped product submanifolds within a Sasakian space form. Our objective is to delve into the geometry and properties of these submanifolds when influenced by a semi-symmetric metric connection. By doing so, we aim to make advancements in the understanding of this mathematical topic, contributing to the broader knowledge in this field of study.
  2. Definitions and Basic Results
Consider an odd-dimensional Riemannian manifold 
. We define 
 as an almost contact metric manifold if it possesses a 
 tensor field 
 and a global vector field 
 that satisfy the following conditions:
Let 
 denote the dual 1-form of the vector field 
. It is well-known that an almost contact metric manifold can be classified as a Sasakian manifold if it satisfies the following conditions
      
On For a Sasakian manifold 
, the following observations can be readily made
      
In this context, the symbols  and  represent elements of the tangent space of , while  denotes the Riemannian connection corresponding to the metric g on .
Now, let us define a connection 
 as follows:
      such that 
 for any 
 The Riemannian connection with respect to the metric 
g is denoted as 
. The connection 
 is classified as semi-symmetric due to the property 
, where 
 represents the dual 1-form. Using (
5) in (
3), we have
      
      and
      
When a Sasakian manifold  possesses a constant -holomorphic sectional curvature c, it is referred to as a Sasakian space form and is denoted as .
The curvature tensor 
, which corresponds to the semi-symmetric metric connection 
, is expressed as follows:
In a similar manner, the curvature tensor  can be defined for the Riemannian connection .
By applying Equations (
5), (
8), and (
9), we obtain
      
By utilizing the computed value of 
, as described in [
25], we can compute the following expression for the curvature tensor, 
, of a Sasakian space form:
      for all 
For a submanifold, 
, 
, with SSM connection, then it is easy to observe that the Gauss and Weingarten formulae are given by, respectively,
      
      and
      
Here,  represents the covariant derivative with respect to the S-S-M connection on , ∇ denotes the induced SSM connection on , and  and  are tangent vectors on . Moreover, N denotes a normal vector to the submanifold ,  represents the covariant derivative along the normal bundle , and  is a scalar function.
The relation between the shape operator 
 and the second fundamental form 
h can be described by the following mathematical expression.
      
Let 
 and 
 be vector fields, where 
 belongs to 
 and 
 belongs to 
. The expression can be decomposed as follows:
      and
      
      where 
 and 
 are the tangential and normal components of 
 respectively.
The equation of Gauss, which relates to a SSM connection, and involves the Riemannian curvature tensor 
R, can be expressed as follows according to reference [
25]:
      for 
In their publication [
10], Sular and Özgür conducted a study on warped product manifolds denoted as 
. These manifolds were equipped with a semi-symmetric metric connection and were associated with a vector field 
P. The components of this construction include Riemannian manifolds 
 and 
, as well as a positive differentiable function 
f defined on 
 serving as the warping function. The authors made significant discoveries and observations, which are summarized in a lemma presented here. These findings will be relevant and useful for our subsequent analysis.
Lemma 1.  Consider the warped product manifold  with a SSM connection . In this setting, we have the following
 Here, , and  is the 1-form correspondng to the vector field, P.
Consider the warped product submanifold 
 within a smooth manifold 
. In this context, we can define the curvature tensors 
R and 
 for the submanifold 
, which are associated with its induced semi-symmetric metric (SSM) connection ∇ and induced Riemannian connection 
, respectively. Considering this, we can express the interconnection between these tensors as follows:
      for any vector field 
 on 
 [
10].
As mentioned in part (ii) of Lemma 3.2 in reference [
10], for the warped product submanifold 
, the following relationship is established:
In the given equation,  and  belong to , while  belongs to . The term  denotes the Hessian of the warping function.
By considering Equations (
15) and (
16), we can deduce the following:
      for the vector fields 
, 
, and 
By assuming 
 into Equation (
5), we introduce the SSM connection. Hence, utilizing part 
 of Lemma 2.1, we can establish the following relation for a WP submanifold 
 within the Riemannian manifold 
.
      
      and
      
Furthermore, the combination of Equation (19) with (
7) yields
      
      for 
, and 
.
The expression for the Laplacian 
 of the warping function can be observed as follows:
  3. Contact CR-W-P Submanifolds
In his work [
26], Bejancu introduced the notion of semi-invariant submanifolds within the context of almost contact metric manifolds. A smooth manifold 
 containing an 
m-dimensional Riemannian submanifold 
 is considered a semi-invariant submanifold if the vector field 
 is tangent to 
 and if there exists a differentiable distribution 
 on 
. This distribution 
 is invariant by the structure vector field 
. Additionally, the orthogonal complementary distribution 
 to 
 on 
 is anti-invariant, meaning that 
, where 
 and 
 refer to the tangent space and normal space at point 
, respectively.
Hesigawa and Mihai further explored the topic by examining a specific class of submanifolds called warped product submanifolds in a Sasakian manifold 
 [
9]. These submanifolds are of the form 
, where 
 represents an invariant submanifold, 
 represents an anti-invariant submanifold, and 
 belongs to 
. The authors labeled these submanifolds as contact CR-submanifolds and presented significant findings concerning their properties and characteristics.
To initiate our investigation, we delve into the study of a specific category of submanifolds known as contact CRWP submanifolds within a smooth manifold equipped with a SSM connection. These submanifolds exhibit the characteristic structure , where  represents an anti-invariant submanifold, and  denotes an invariant submanifold that fulfills the condition .
Theorem 2.  Let us consider  as an SM with an SSM connection. In this scenario, we can deduce that there is no existence of a WP submanifold in the form of  that fulfills the condition .
 Proof.  For any 
, and 
, we utilize Equation (19), the Gauss formula, along with Equation (
2), to obtain the following result
        
Upon replacing both  and  with  in the previously mentioned equation, we arrive at the conclusion that . This deduction implies that in order for the equation to hold, the function f must be a constant. This finding ultimately validates the desired result. □
 The primary objective of this investigation is to examine the characteristics of WP submanifolds, denoted as , within the context of a Sasakian manifold, . These submanifolds possess a SSM connection, and the vector field  is an element of . To be more precise, we categorize these submanifolds as contact CRWP submanifolds. Furthermore, we designate the invariant subspace of the normal bundle, , as .
With this background in mind, let us proceed by presenting the initial findings of our analysis.
Lemma 3.  Consider  as a contact CRWP submanifold within the context of a SM  equipped with a SSM connection. In this case, we have the following
- (i) 
- (ii) 
- (iii) 
        ∀ and  .
 Proof.  By applying the Gauss formula and utilizing Equation (
6), we derive the following:
        
        By employing formula (19), we arrive at the following result
        
        which is part 
 Again, using (
6), (
18), and the Gauss formula, part (
ii) is proven straightforwardly. Now, using the formula 
 and applying Equation (19), we have 
 or 
 which is part 
.    □
 Lemma 4.  Let  be a contact CRWP submanifold of a SM  admitting a SSM connection, thenfor all  and   Proof.  Through the utilization of the Gauss formula and Equation (
6), we derive the following result
        
        When we take the Riemannian product with 
, we get
        
By substituting 
 with 
 and utilizing Equation (
1), we arrive at:
        
By considering Equations (
26) and (
27), we can deduce the following
        
This establishes the claim.    □
   4. Inequality for Second Fundamental Form
In this section, we examine a submanifold, , that is a contact CRWP of dimensions n. It can be expressed as , where  and  are submanifolds of dimensions  and , respectively. The ambient manifold, , is a SM of dimension  with a SSM connection. Additionally,  belongs to the tangent space . Consider the orthonormal frame  for the submanifold , where the vector fields  are tangent to  and  are tangent to .
Definition 5.  Consider , a WP submanifold of an SM. In this context, if the partial second fundamental form, , vanishes identically, we refer to  as being -totally geodesic. Similarly, if the partial mean curvature vector, , vanishes for , we classify  as -minimal.
 Presented below is the theorem at hand
Theorem 6.  Let  be a contact CRWP submanifold of a Sasakian manifold, , admitting a SSM connection. Therefore, the squared mean curvature of Ω can be expressed as follows  Proof.  The squared norm of mean curvature vector for the submanifold 
 is given by
        
 where 
 and 
     Applying Lemma 4, we oget the required result. □
 For the contact CRWP submanifold 
 from the relation (
20), we deduce the following formula
      
Theorem 7.  Let  be a CRWP submanifold of an  dimensional SM  with an SSM connection, then
- (i) 
- The second fundamental form fulfills the following condition 
- (ii) 
- In the case where the equality in  holds, it follows that  and  are completely geodesic and completely umbilical submanifolds, respectively, within . 
 Proof.  By substituting 
 and 
 into the Gauss Equation (
14) and summing over 
 with 
, we derive the following expression
        
As the submanifold 
 is a contact CR-warped product submanifold, the above equation yields
        
On further using the Gauss equation, we obtain
        
The equivalent version of the above equation can be written as
        
Since the submanifold 
 is 
-minimal, we have
        
Thus, Equation (
35) can be written as follows
        
From (
37) and (
31), we obtain
        
This establishes the validity of part  of the theorem. If the equality in  is satisfied, it implies that  for any  and  belonging to the tangent space . Consequently, the submanifold  can be classified as totally geodesic, while  can be classified as totally umbilical.    □
 If the ambient manifold is an unit sphere,  of odd dimension, then we have the following theorem
Theorem 8.  Let  be a contact CRWP submanifold of an unit sphere  of odd dimension, with SSM connection, then
- (i) 
- The following inequality holds 
- (ii) 
- If the equality in  is fulfilled, it signifies that  and  are totally geodesic and totally umbilical submanifolds in , respectively. 
 Proof.  If the Sasakian manifold is an unit sphere of dimension 
 then by Equation (
11)
        
Similarly, on summing over the vector field on 
, we obtain
        
Now, summing up over basis vector fields of 
, such that 
 we have
        
After, simplification, we obtain
        
Hence, from part , we obtain the desired inequality.    □
 In view of Equation (
21), we deduce the following
Theorem 9.  Let  be a contact CRWP of an unit sphere,  of odd dimension, with SSM connection, then
- (i) 
- the following inequality holds 
- (ii) 
- If the equality in  is fulfilled, it signifies that  and  are totally geodesic and totally umbilical submanifolds in , respectively.