Note on a theorem of Gromoll-Grove

DOI10.1017/S0004972700030483MaRDI QIDQ4346935zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Grant Cairns, Richard H. jun. Escobales

Publication date 15 April 1999

Published in Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0004972700030483

zbMATH Keywords

curvature tensorKilling vector fieldmetric flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamics induced by flows and semiflows (37C10) Foliations (differential geometric aspects) (53C12)

Review text

The authors prove a theorem that generalizes the result by \textit{D. Gromoll} and \textit{K. Grove} [in: Differential geometry and complex analysis, Vol. dedic. H. E. Rauch, 165-168 (1985; Zbl 0566.53035)] for metric flows on constant curvature spaces. Theorem. Let \((M,g)\) be a complete, connected \(C^\infty\) Riemannian manifold with metric flow \(F\) generated by a unit vector field \(v\) which spans the vertical distribution \(V\). Suppose that the curvature tensor \(R\) satisfies the following condition: \(R_{X Y}Z\) is basic for all basic local vector fields \(X,Y,Z\). Then \(F\) is either locally homogeneous (i.e., is locally spanned by Killing vector fields) or flat (i.e., if the horizontal distribution \(H=V^\bot\) is integrable). The authors note that the two conditions are of quite different natures: flatness only depends on the decomposition \(TM=H\oplus V\) of the tangent bundle and it is a strong constraint on the topology of \(M\), whereas local homogeneity depends on the parametrization of \(F\) and on compact manifolds every metric flow is locally homogeneous for some choice of metric [\textit{D. Dominguez}, Am. J. Math. 120, No. 6, 1237-1276 (1998)]. Three examples using Lie groups are given.

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