Higher order transverse bundles and Riemannian foliations (Q2454134): Difference between revisions

The main purpose of this paper is to study Riemannian foliations. First, the author proves some results on basic notions and constructions related to higher-order transverse bundles of a foliation. Part two of this note contains the main results. Let \(n\) be a \(\mathcal{F}\)-foliated manifold, \(\nu^r{\mathcal{F}}\) the \(r\)-transverse bundle and \(\mathcal{F}^r\) the lifted foliation on \(D^r{\mathcal{F}}\). The author proves the following important results. Theorem 1: The lifted foliation \(\mathcal{F}^r\) on \(\nu^r{\mathcal{F}}\) is Riemannian for some \(r\geq 1\) iff \(\mathcal{F}\) is a Riemannian foliation. Theorem 2: If \((M,\mathcal{F})\) is a foliated manifold, then there is a positively admissible Lagrangian on \(\nu^r{\mathcal{F}}\) for some \(r\geq 1\) iff the foliation \(\mathcal{F}\) is Riemannian. The author formulates also certain questions.