Geodesic webs of hypersurfaces

DOI10.1134/S1064562409020355MaRDI QIDQ735855zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Vladislav V. Goldberg, Valentin Lychagin

Publication date 26 October 2009

Published in Doklady Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.2126

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of webs (53A60)

Abstract: In the present paper we study geometric structures associated with webs of hypersurfaces. We prove that with any geodesic (n+2)-web on an n-dimensional manifold there is naturally associated a unique projective structure and, provided that one of web foliations is pointed, there is also associated a unique affine structure. The projective structure can be chosen by the claim that the leaves of all web foliations are totally geodesic, and the affine structure by an additional claim that one of web functions is affine. These structures allow us to determine differential invariants of geodesic webs and give geometrically clear answers to some classical problems of the web theory such as the web linearization and the Gronwall theorem.

Review text

The authors prove that each \((n+2)\)-web of hypersurfaces defines a unique projective structure for which the web is geodesic, while every pointed \((n+2)\)-web of hypersurfaces defines a unique affine connection for which the web is geodesic and the chosen foliation is defined by the affine function. They also prove necessary and sufficient conditions that a d-web be geodesic or locally linearizable.

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