On the existence of stable compact leaves for transversely holomorphic foliations (Q387225)

Let \(\mathcal F\) be a transversely holomorphic foliation on a compact complex manifold \(M\). A compact leaf with finite holonomy is called \textit{stable} due to Reeb's stability theorem. The main result of the paper under review is that such a leaf exists if and only if the set of compact leaves is not a zero measure subset of \(M\). A similar result is stated about the finiteness of groups of holomorphic diffeomorphisms of a complex connected manifold and the subset of points whose \(G\)-orbit is finite. The proof is based on results about periodic groups of germs of complex diffeomorphisms from [\textit{F. Santos} and \textit{B. Scardua}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 140, No. 9, 3083--3090 (2012; Zbl 1301.57024)]. The authors point out that their results extend to the real analytic case.