A Hopf index theorem for foliations.

DOI10.1016/S0926-2245(02)00165-1zbMath1041.53030arXivmath/0104128WikidataQ115338071 ScholiaQ115338071MaRDI QIDQ1405268

Efton Park, Ken V. Richardson, Victor A. Belfi

Publication date: 25 August 2003

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0104128

zbMATH Keywords

Euler characteristic; Riemannian foliation; Hopf index; basic vector field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C25: Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.)

53C40: Global submanifolds

53C12: Foliations (differential geometric aspects)

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