Riemannian Foliations

Molino

ISBN 10: 1468486721 / ISBN 13: 9781468486728

Published by Birkhäuser Boston Jul 2012, 2012

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Foliation theory has its origins in the global analysis of solutions of ordinary differential equations: on an n-dimensional manifold M, an [autonomous] differential equation is defined by a vector field X ; if this vector field has no singularities, then its trajectories form a par tition of M into curves, i.e. a foliation of codimension n - 1. More generally, a foliation F of codimension q on M corresponds to a partition of M into immersed submanifolds [the leaves] of dimension ,--------,- - . - -- p = n - q. The first global image that comes to mind is 1--------;- - - - - - that of a stack of 'plaques'. 1---------;- - - - - - Viewed laterally [transver 1--------1- - - -- sally], the leaves of such a 1--------1 - - - - -. stacking are the points of a 1--------1--- ----. quotient manifold W of di L. -' _ mension q. -----~) W M Actually, this image corresponds to an elementary type of folia tion, that one says is 'simple'. For an arbitrary foliation, it is only l- u L ally [on a 'simpIe' open set U] that the foliation appears as a stack of plaques and admits a local quotient manifold. Globally, a leaf L may - - return and cut a simple open set U in several plaques, sometimes even an infinite number of plaques. 360 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Riemannian Foliations
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston Jul 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1468486721
• ISBN 13: 9781468486728
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 20D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 546 grams

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Synopsis

Foliation theory has its origins in the global analysis of solutions of ordinary differential equations: on an n-dimensional manifold M, an [autonomous] differential equation is defined by a vector field X ; if this vector field has no singularities, then its trajectories form a par­ tition of M into curves, i.e. a foliation of codimension n - 1. More generally, a foliation F of codimension q on M corresponds to a partition of M into immersed submanifolds [the leaves] of dimension ,--------,- - . - -- p = n - q. The first global image that comes to mind is 1--------;- - - - - - that of a stack of "plaques". 1---------;- - - - - - Viewed laterally [transver­ 1--------1- - - -- sally], the leaves of such a 1--------1 - - - - -. stacking are the points of a 1--------1--- ----. quotient manifold W of di­ L..... -' _ mension q. -----~) W M Actually, this image corresponds to an elementary type of folia­ tion, that one says is "simple". For an arbitrary foliation, it is only l- u L ally [on a "simpIe" open set U] that the foliation appears as a stack of plaques and admits a local quotient manifold. Globally, a leaf L may - - return and cut a simple open set U in several plaques, sometimes even an infinite number of plaques.