Volume-minimizing foliations on spheres

DOI10.1007/S10711-004-9649-5zbMATH Open1088.53014arXivmath/0402294OpenAlexW1972746266MaRDI QIDQ2387804FDOQ2387804

Authors: David L. Johnson, Fabiano G. B. Brito 

Publication date: 5 September 2005

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The volume of a k-dimensional foliation $mathcalF$ in a Riemannian manifold $M^n$ is defined as the mass of image of the Gauss map, which is a map from M to the Grassmann bundle of k-planes in the tangent bundle. Generalizing a construction by Gluck and Ziller, "singular" foliations by 3-spheres are constructed on round spheres $S^{4n+3}$, as well as a singular foliation by 7-spheres on $S^{15}$, which minimize volume within their respective relative homology classes. These singular examples provide lower bounds for volumes of regular 3-dimensional foliations of $S^{4n+3}$ and regular 7-dimensional foliations of $S^{15}$ .

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0402294

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zbMATH Keywords

spheresfoliationscalibrations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foliations (differential geometric aspects) (53C12) Calibrations and calibrated geometries (53C38)

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