Higher order transverse bundles and Riemannian foliations (Q2454134)

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.