The dual foliation of some singular Riemannian foliations (Q2325725)

The author proves the following lemma: ``Let \(G\) be a compact connected Lie group, acting isometrically on a complete Riemannian manifold \(M\). If \(H'\) is bracket-generating at some point \(p\in M'\), then the dual foliation has only one leaf. If \(M\) is compact, then there exists a constant \(C=C(M,G)\) such that any two points of \(M\) can be connected by a horizontal curve of length \(\le C\)'', and uses the methods of sub-Riemannian geometry to study the dual foliation of the singular Riemannian foliation induced by isometric actions of torus \(T^k\) on a complete Riemannian manifold \(M\). Here, \(M'\) denotes the union of all principal orbits in \(M\), and \(H'\) denotes the collection of horizontal spaces \(H_x\) with \(x\in M'\). It is shown in Theorems 1--3 that under some conditions, the dual foliation has only one leaf.