Regularity of the leafwise Poincaré metric on singular holomorphic foliations

Abstract: Let

m a t h c a l F

be a smooth Riemann surface foliation on

M s e t m i n u s E

, where

M

is a complex manifold and the singular set

E s u b s e t M

is an analytic set of codimension at least two. Fix a hermitian metric on

M

and assume that all leaves of

m a t h c a l F

are hyperbolic. Verjovsky's modulus of uniformization

e t a

is a positive real function defined on

M s e t m i n u s E

defined in terms of the family of holomorphic maps from the unit disc

m a t h b b D

into the leaves of

m a t h c a l F

and is a measure of the largest possible derivative in the class of such maps. Various conditions are known that guarantee the continuity of

e t a

on

M s e t m i n u s E

. The main question that is addressed here is its continuity at points of

E

. To do this, we adapt Whitney's

C_{4}

-tangent cone construction for analytic sets to the setting of foliations and use it to define the tangent cone of

m a t h c a l F

at points of

E

. This leads to the definition of a foliation that is of {it transversal type} at points of

E

. It is shown that the map

e t a

associated to such foliations is continuous at

E

provided that it is continuous on

M s e t m i n u s E

and

m a t h c a l F

is of transversal type. We also present observations on the locus of discontinuity of

e t a

. Finally, for a domain

U s u b s e t M

, we consider

m a t h c a l F_{U}

, the restriction of

m a t h c a l F

to

U

and the corresponding positive function

e t a_{U}

. Using the transversality hypothesis leads to strengthened versions of the results of Lins Neto--Martins on the variation

U m a p s t o e t a_{U}

.

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