Regularization and minimization of codimension-one Haefliger structures (Q1700299)

The author gives a new proof of Thurston's existence theorem [\textit{W. P. Thurston}, Ann. Math. (2) 104, 249--268 (1976; Zbl 0347.57014)] for codimension-one foliations on compact manifolds of dimension greater than or equal to 4 whose Euler characteristic is zero. The foliations constructed in this paper are minimal in the sense that all leaves are dense. This differs from the construction in Thurston's theorem, the foliations of which generally have some compact leaves.