Uniform foliations with Reeb components

DOI10.2140/AGT.2023.23.4379MaRDI QIDQ6065490zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Joaquín Lema

Publication date 11 December 2023

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.04053

zbMATH Keywords

3-manifoldsfoliationsReeb components

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory (57R30)

Abstract: A foliation on a compact manifold is uniform if each pair of leaves of the induced foliation on the universal cover are at finite Hausdorff distance from each other. We study uniform foliations with Reeb components. We give examples of such foliations on a family of closed $3-$manifolds with infinite fundamental group. Furthermore, we prove some results concerning the behavior of a uniform foliation with Reeb components on general $3-$manifolds.

Review text

Consider a foliation \(\mathcal{F}\) on a compact Riemannian 3-manifold \(M\), and let the foliation \(\tilde{\mathcal{F}}\) be the lift of \(\mathcal{F}\) to the universal cover \(\tilde{M}\) of \(M\). Then the foliation \(\mathcal{F}\) is said to be \emph{uniform} if any pair of leaves of \(\tilde{\mathcal{F}}\) are at finite Hausdorff distance from each other. Much is known about a uniform foliation \(\mathcal{F}\) if one assumes it to be Reebless. Inspired amongst others by work in this case of \textit{S. R. Fenley} and \textit{R. Potrie} [Groups Geom. Dyn. 15, No. 4, 1489--1521 (2021; Zbl 1490.53039)], the author in the present paper focuses on the opposite case and studies uniform foliations with Reeb components. Answering amongst others a question posed by Fenley and Potrie, the author gives examples of such foliations on a family of closed 3-manifolds with infinite fundamental group. Furthermore, the paper contains some results concerning the behavior of a uniform foliation with Reeb components on general 3-manifolds.

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