Geodesic fields of one-dimensional directions with singularities and cellular pseudo-Riemannian manifold (Q1866705)

Let \(A^{n}\) be an affine connection space, let \(\Delta\) be a geodesic distribution of dimension \(m\) on \(A^{n}\) and let \(\gamma\) be a geodesic not necessarily lying on any integral manifold of the distribution \(\Delta\). If the manifold obtained by the union of integral manifolds of the distribution \(\Delta\) that intersect \(\gamma\) is totally geodesic, then the distribution \(\Delta\) is said to be geodesic. In the case of a pseudo-Riemannian manifold \((M,G)\) that is complementary with respect to a geodesic distribution \(\Delta\), the distribution \(\Delta^{\perp}\) is also completely integrable, and in local coordinates, the identity \[ G = g_{ab} (x^{c}) dx^{a} dx^{b} + e^{2T(x^{c})} \prod_{ij} (x^{k}) dx^{i} dx^{j}, \] holds, where \(1 \leq a, \, b, \, c \, \leq m\), \(m+1 \leq i, \, j, \, k \, \leq n\), \(x^{c}\) and \(x^{k}\) are coordinates on the integral manifolds of the distributions \(\Delta\) and \(\Delta^{\perp}\), respectively, \(T\) is a certain function and \(G_{0} = \prod_{ij} dx^{i} dx^{j}\) is a certain metric in a \((n-m)\)-dimensional manifold. A point \(p\) of the space \((M,G)\) is called a Schur point if any two-dimensional surface that is geodesic in \(p\) is totally geodesic. For \(n = \dim (M) > 2\), geodesics passing through a Schur point are trajectories of a one-dimensional geodesic distribution, and a Schur point itself is its singular point. Moreover, a Schur point coincides with a point of free movability, i.e., a point that is a fixed point of a motion group (in a certain neighborhood of it) depending on \(n(n-1)/2\) parameters. If this group is a subgroup of the motion group of the (analytic) space \(M\) as a whole, then this point is called a pole of the Riemannian manifold \(M\). Denote by \(\nabla\) the Levi-Civita connection of the metric \(G\). A field of one-dimensional directions on \(M\) is a geodesic field (\(\Gamma\)-field for short) iff an arbitrary point \(p \in M\) admits a neighborhood \(V\) in which this field can be given by a vector field \(A\) satisfying the condition \[ \nabla_{X} A = \phi X , \] for any vector field \(X\) and a certain function \(\phi\) on \(V\). When \(V\) is simply connected, the above relation implies \(A = \text{grad} \, \rho\) for a certain function \(\rho : V \to \mathbb{R}\). Assuming the existence of a \(\Gamma\)-field with singular points and under certain conditions, the paper under review deals with the global structure of smooth pseudo-Riemannian manifolds. The author proves that such manifolds are composed of their congruent ``cells''. The complexity of the structure, including the topology is also concentrated in the cell itself here. A partial classification of cellular manifolds is obtained, too.