A Godbillon-Vey type invariant for a 3-dimensional manifold with a plane field

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2019.06.007zbMATH Open1447.53026arXiv1707.04847OpenAlexW2964188662WikidataQ115354909 ScholiaQ115354909MaRDI QIDQ2274356FDOQ2274356

Authors: Vladimir Yu. Rovenskij, Paweł Walczak 

Publication date: 19 September 2019

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

Abstract: We consider a 3-dimensional smooth manifold $M$ equipped with an arbitrary, extit{a priori} non-integrable, distribution (plane field) $calD$ and a vector field $T$ transverse to $calD$. Using a 1-form $omega$ such that $calD=ker,omega$ and $omega(T)=1$ we construct a 3-form analogous to that defining the Godbillon-Vey class of a foliation, and show how does this form depend on $omega$ and~$T$. For a compatible Riemannian metric on $M$, we express this 3-form in terms of the curvature and torsion of normal curves and the non-symmetric second fundamental form of $calD$. We deduce Euler-Lagrange equations of associated functionals: for variable $(calD,T)$ on $M$, and for variable Riemannian or Randers metric on $(M,calD)$. We show that for a geodesic field $T$ (e.g., for a contact structure) such $(calD,T)$ is critical, characterize critical pairs when $calD$ is integrable, and prove that these critical pairs are not extrema.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.04847

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zbMATH Keywords

distributionmetricvariationcontact structureGodbillon-Vey invariantgeodesic field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foliations (differential geometric aspects) (53C12) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21)

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