Veronese curves and webs: interpolation (Q2644163)

For a manifold \(V\) of dimension \(pc\) a familiy \(\{{\mathfrak F}_t\}_{t \in {\mathcal V}}\) of foliations of dimension \(pc-c\) parametrized by a Veronese curve \(\mathcal V\) is called a Veronese web. This notion was introduced by \textit{I. M. Gelfand} and \textit{I. Zakharevich} [J. Funct. Anal. 99, 150--178 (1991; Zbl 0739.58021)] for the case \(c=1\). Later \textit{F.-J. Turiel} in a series of papers [see C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. I, Math. 328, No. 10, 891--894 (1999; Zbl 0929.53015)] and \textit{A. Panasyuk} [see Rep. Math. Phys. 50, No. 3, 291--297 (2002; Zbl 1042.53008)] developed this theory for arbitrary values of \(c\). Veronese webs give rise to ordinary \(k\)-webs [see \textit{M. A. Akivis} and \textit{V. V. Goldberg}, Differential geometry of webs. In: F. J. E. Dillen (ed.) et al. Handbook of differential geometry. Amsterdam: North-Holland (2000; Zbl 0968.53001)] if one restricts the parameter \(t\) to a finite set \(\{t_1,\cdots,t_k\}\), which can be considered as finite interpolations of a Veronese web. The authors discuss this connection in detail. They give a short proof of a theorem from Panasyuk's paper which answers a conjecture posed by \textit{I. Zakharevich} [``Nonlinear wave equation, nonlinear Riemann problem, and the twistor transform of Veronese webs'', \url{arxiv:math/0006001}] stating that the distribution \(\{{\mathfrak F}_t\}_t\) is integrable if and only if there are \(p+2\) values for which \(\{{\mathfrak F}_t\}_t\) is integrable.