Statistical decomposition of chaotic attractors by the eigenvectors of Oseledec matrix-active and passive information dynamics

Summary Correlated sets of physical variables or coordinates of the equations of motion are extracted from the distribution of eigenvectors of theOseledec matrix. These coordinates characterize the dynamics on the (un-)stable manifolds. The information-theoretic properties of the dynamics on the (un-)stable foliations imply a decomposition of chaos by theactive andpassive coordinates. We introduceinformation consumption in the active dynamics to account for the complicated dynamics on some of the stable manifolds. The information flow direction is transversal to the subspace spanned by the passive coordinates. Its dynamics can beisolated orone-way decorrelated. An example is given to show how these ideas can be applied to better understand the chaotic modal interaction of a nonlinear beam.     

Geometric expansion,Lyapunov exponents and foliations

We consider hyperbolic and partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms on compact manifolds. Associated with invariant foliation of these systems, we define some topological invariants and show certain relationships between these topological invariants and the geometric and Lyapunov growths of these foliations. As an application, we show examples of systems with persistent non-absolute continuous center and weak unstable foliations. This generalizes the remarkable results of Shub and Wilkinson to cases where the center manifolds are not compact.     

Foliations, topology and geometry of 3-manifolds: R-covered foliations and transverse pseudo-Anosov flows

We analyse the topological and geometrical behavior of foliations on 3-manifolds. We consider the transverse structure of an R-covered foliation in a 3-manifold, where R-covered means that in the universal cover the leaf space of the foliation is Hausdorff. If the manifold is aspherical we prove that either there is an incompressible torus in the manifold; or there is a transverse pseudo-Anosov flow. It follows that manifolds with R-covered foliations satisfy the weak hyperbolization conjecture.     

Differential Algebra and Liouvillian first integrals of foliations

Intuitively, a complex Liouvillian function is one that is obtained from complex rational functions by a finite process of integrations, exponentiations and algebraic operations. In the framework of ordinary differential equations the study of equations admitting Liouvillian solutions is related to the study of ordinary differential equations that can be integrated by the use of elementary functions, that is, functions appearing in the Differential Calculus. A more precise and geometrical approach to this problem naturally leads us to consider the theory of foliations. This paper is devoted to the study of foliations that admit a Liouvillian first integral. We study holomorphic foliations (of dimension or codimension one) that admit a Liouvillian first integral. We extend results of Singer (1992) [20] related to Camacho and Scárdua (2001) [4], to foliations on compact manifolds, Stein manifolds, codimension-one projective foliations and germs of foliations as well.     

Point leaf maximal singular Riemannian foliations in positive curvature

We generalize the notion of fixed point homogeneous isometric group actions to the context of singular Riemannian foliations. We find that in some cases, positively curved manifolds admitting these so-called point leaf maximal SRF's are diffeo/homeomorphic to compact rank one symmetric spaces. In all cases, manifolds admitting such foliations are cohomology CROSSes or finite quotients of them. Among non-simply connected manifolds, we find examples of such foliations which are non-homogeneous.     

The Wong–Zakai approximations of invariant manifolds and foliations for stochastic evolution equations

In this paper, we study the Wong–Zakai approximations given by a stationary process via the Wiener shift and their associated dynamics of a class of stochastic evolution equations with a multiplicative white noise. We prove that the solutions of Wong–Zakai approximations almost surely converge to the solutions of the Stratonovich stochastic evolution equation. We also show that the invariant manifolds and stable foliations of the Wong–Zakai approximations converge to the invariant manifolds and stable foliations of the Stratonovich stochastic evolution equation, respectively.     

Approximate the dynamical behavior for stochastic systems by Wong–Zakai approaching

Random invariant manifolds and foliations play an important role in the study of the qualitative dynamical behaviors for nonlinear stochastic partial differential equations. In a general way, these random objects are difficult to be visualized geometrically or computed numerically. The current work provides a perturbation approach to approximate these random invariant manifolds and foliations. After briefly discussing the existence of random invariant manifolds and foliations for a class of stochastic systems driven by additive noises, the corresponding Wong–Zakai type of convergence result in path-wise sense is established.     

Hermitian metric rigidity on compact foliated manifolds

We prove a Hermitian metric rigidity theorem for leafwise symmetric Kaehler metrics on compact manifolds with smooth foliations. This provides applications to the study of the geometry of foliations as well as Kaehler manifolds that contain some symmetric geometry.     

In response to the article by Maxim Kontsevich: Rozansky–Witten Invariants Via Formal Geometry

We show that recently constructed invariants of 3-dimensional manifolds and of hyperkähler manifolds (L. Rozansky and E. witten) come from characteristic classes of foliations and from Gelfand-fuks cohomology.     

An invariant of nonpositively curved contact manifolds

We define an invariant of contact structures and foliations (on Riemannian manifolds of nonpositive sectional curvature) which is upper semi-continuous with respect to deformations and thus gives an obstruction to the topology of foliations which can be approximated by isotopies of a given contact structure.     

Homotopy classification of contact foliations on open contact manifolds

We give a homotopy classification of foliations on open contact manifolds whose leaves are contact submanifolds of the ambient space. The result is an extension of Haefliger’s classification of foliations on open manifold in the contact setting. While proving the main theorem, we also prove a result on equidimensional isocontact immersions on open contact manifolds.     

The structure of branching in Anosov flows of 3-manifolds

In this article we study the topology of Anosov flows in 3-manifolds. Specifically we consider the lifts to the universal cover of the stable and unstable foliations and analyze the leaf spaces of these foliations. We completely determine the structure of the non Hausdorff points in these leaf spaces. There are many consequences: (1) when the leaf spaces are non Hausdorff, there are closed orbits in the manifold which are freely homotopic, (2) suspension Anosov flows are, up to topological conjugacy, the only Anosov flows without free homotopies between closed orbits, (3) when there are infinitely many stable leaves (in the universal cover) which are non separated from each other, then we produce a torus in the manifold which is transverse to the Anosov flow and therefore is incompressible, (4) we produce non Hausdorff examples in hyperbolic manifolds and derive important properties of the limit sets of the stable/unstable leaves in the universal cover. Received: March 13, 1997     

Foliations of Semi-Riemannian Manifolds

This article develops some aspects of foliations of semi-Riemannian manifolds. Among other subjects we study adapted connections, pseudo-Riemannian foliations, harmonic foliations, homogeneous and symmetric transversal geometries and flows. Moreover, we discuss different classes of examples.     

On existence of regular jacobi structures

We prove \(h\) -principle for locally conformal symplectic foliations and contact foliations on open manifolds. We then interpret the results in terms of regular Jacobi structures on manifolds.     

The stretch of a foliation and geometric superrigidity

We consider compact smooth foliated manifolds with leaves isometrically covered by a fixed symmetric space of noncompact type. Such objects can be considered as compact models for the geometry of the symmetric space. Based on this we formulate and solve a geometric superrigidity problem for foliations that seeks the existence of suitable isometric totally geodesic immersions. To achieve this we consider the heat flow equation along the leaves of a foliation, a Bochner formula on foliations and a geometric invariant for foliations with leafwise Riemannian metrics called the stretch. We obtain as applications a metric rigidity theorem for foliations and a rigidity type result for Riemannian manifolds whose geometry is only partially symmetric.

     

Holomorphic Maps of Compact Generalized Hopf Manifolds

We investigate holomorphic maps between compact generalized Hopf manifolds (i.e., locally conformal Kähler manifolds with parallel Lee form). We show that they preserve the canonical foliations. Moreover, we study compact complex submanifolds of g.H. manifolds and holomorphic submersions from compact g.H. manifolds.     

Isometry Groups and Geodesic Foliations of Lorentz Manifolds. Part I: Foundations of Lorentz Dynamics

This is the first part of a series on non-compact groups acting isometrically on compact Lorentz manifolds. This subject was recently investigated by many authors. In the present part we investigate the dynamics of affine, and especially Lorentz transformations. In particular we show how this is related to geodesic foliations. The existence of geodesic foliations was (very succinctly) mentioned for the first time by D'Ambra and Gromov, who suggested that this may help in the classification of compact Lorentz manifolds with non-compact isometry groups. In the Part II of the series, a partial classification of compact Lorentz manifolds with non-compact isometry group will be achieved with the aid of geometrical tools along with the dynamical ones presented here. Submitted: October 1997, revised: November 1998.     

A new geometric construction of compact complex manifolds in any dimension

We consider holomorphic linear foliations of dimension m of (with ) fulfilling a so-called weak hyperbolicity condition and equip the projectivization of the leaf space (for the foliation restricted to an adequate open dense subset) with a structure of compact, complex manifold of dimension . We show that, except for the limit-case where we obtain any complex torus of any dimension, this construction gives non-symplectic manifolds, including the previous examples of Hopf, Calabi-Eckmann, Haefliger (linear case), Loeb-Nicolau (linear case) and López de Medrano-Verjovsky. We study some properties of these manifolds, that is to say meromorphic functions, holomorphic vector fields, forms and submanifolds. For each manifold, we construct an analytic space of deformations of dimension and show that, under some additional conditions, it is universal. Lastly, we give explicit examples of new compact, complex manifolds, in particular of connected sums of products of spheres and show the existence of a momentum-like map which classifies these manifolds, up to diffeomorphism. Received: 28 October 1998 / in final form: 7 September 1999     

On the Curvature of Metric Contact Pairs

We consider manifolds endowed with metric contact pairs for which the two characteristic foliations are orthogonal. We give some properties of the curvature tensor and in particular a formula for the Ricci curvature in the direction of the sum of the two Reeb vector fields. This shows that metrics associated to normal contact pairs cannot be flat. Therefore flat non-Kähler Vaisman manifolds do not exist. Furthermore we give a local classification of metric contact pair manifolds whose curvature vanishes on the vertical subbundle. As a corollary we have that flat associated metrics can only exist if the leaves of the characteristic foliations are at most three-dimensional.     

Geometrically finite groups,Patterson-Sullivan measures and Ratner's ridigity theorem

Summary The rigidity properties of the horospherical foliations of geometrically finite hyperbolic manifolds are investigated. Ratner's theorem generalizes to these foliations with respect to the Patterson-Sullivan measure. In the spirit of Mostow, we prove the nonexistence of invariant measurable distributions on the boundary of hyperbolic space for geometrically finite groups. Finally, we show that the frame flow on geometrically finite hyperbolic manifolds is Bernoulli.partially supported by NSF Grant No. DMS-820-04024partially supported by NSF Grant No. DMS-85-02319