Progress in the theory of singular Riemannian foliations

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2013.01.004zbMATH Open1279.53027arXiv1203.6829OpenAlexW3101049704WikidataQ115356629 ScholiaQ115356629MaRDI QIDQ383801FDOQ383801

Authors: Marcos M. Alexandrino, Rafael Briquet, Dirk Töben 

Publication date: 6 December 2013

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

Abstract: A singular foliation is called a singular Riemannian foliation (SRF) if every geodesic that is perpendicular to one leaf is perpendicular to every leaf it meets. A typical example is the partition of a complete Riemannian manifold into orbits of an isometric action. In this survey, we provide an introduction to the theory of SRFs, leading from the foundations to recent developments in research on this subject. Sketches of proofs are included and useful techniques are emphasized. We study the local structure of SRFs in general and under curvature conditions. We review the solution of the Palais-Terng problem on integrability of the horizontal distribution. Important special classes of SRFs, like polar and variationally complete foliations and their connections, are treated. A characterisation of SRFs whose leaf space is an orbifold is given. Moreover, desingularizations of SRFs are studied and applications, e.g., to Molino's conjecture, are presented.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.6829

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zbMATH Keywords

isometric actionsdesingularizationspolar actionsRiemannian foliationsMolino's conjecturevariationally complete actions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foliations (differential geometric aspects) (53C12) Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory (57R30)

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