Foliations invariant under Lie group transverse actions (Q2482228)

The purpose of this paper is to formulate and prove some results concerning the foliations which are invariant under transverse actions of Lie groups. Contents of this work: foliations with Lie transverse structure, foliations invariant under a transverse local action, solvable groups, holomorphic foliations, codimension one algebraic foliations, examples, complements. Let \(F\) be a codimension \(q\) foliation on a differentiable manifold \(M\), and \(G\) a Lie group of \(\dim G=\text{codim\,}F= q\). \(F\) is invariant under a transverse action of the group \(G\) if there is an action \(\Phi: G\times M\to M\) such that: 1) the action is transverse to \(F\), and 2) \(\Phi\) leaves \(F\) invariant (\(\Phi_g: x\to \Phi(g,x)\) takes leaves of \(F\) onto leaves of \(F\)). The authors obtain an algebraic model for any foliated manifold assuming that \(F\) satisfies this condition. Let \(L\) be a leaf of \(F\), and \(H(L)= \{g\in G\mid \phi(g,l)\in L,\,\forall l\in L\}\). The authors give an algebraic model for the general foliation invariant under a transverse Lie group action. They prove a fibration theorem: ``Let \(M\) be a connected manifold and \(F\) a foliation in \(M\) which is invariant under a transverse action of a Lie group \(G\). Then the following statements are equivalent: a) \(F\) has a leaf \(L\) which is closed in \(M\); b) \(H(L)\) is a discrete (i.e. closed and zero-dimensional) subgroup of \(G\); c) The projection \(\pi: G\times L\to G\) onto the first factor induces a smooth filtration \(M\approx G\times_{H(L)} L\to G/H(L)\), of which the fibres are the leaves of \(F\).'' Some additional consequences of this theorem are given. The authors give a analoguous study for holomorphic foliations.