On Finsler transnormal functions

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2019.03.010MaRDI QIDQ2423731zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Marcos M. Alexandrino, Benigno O. Alves, Hengameh R. Dehkordi

Publication date 20 June 2019

Published in Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.08398

zbMATH Keywords

Finsler foliationsMorse-Bott functionstransnormal functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foliations (differential geometric aspects) (53C12) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60) Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B20)

Abstract: In this note we discuss a few properties of transnormal Finsler functions, i.e., the natural generalization of distance functions and isoparametric Finsler functions. In particular, we prove that critical level sets of an analytic transnormal function are submanifolds, and the partition of $M$ into level sets is a Finsler partition, when the function is defined on a compact analytic manifold $M$.

Review text

The paper under review deals with Finsler transnormal functions. The main results lie in Theorem 1.3., Proposition 4.4., and Proposition 6.1. Some properties of transnormal Finsler functions, i.e., the natural generalization of distance functions and isoparametric Finsler functions are discussed. In particular, it is proved that critical level sets of an analytic transnormal function are submanifolds, and the level sets are equidistant to each other, i.e, the partition of \(M\) in to level sets is a Finsler partition, when the function is defined on a connected, compact analytic manifold \(M\). The conditions under which the level sets of a transnormal function on a Finsler manifold are level sets of singular Riemannian foliation for a Riemannian metric \(g\) are also discussed.

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