Noncompact leaves of foliations of Morse forms

In this paper foliations determined by Morse forms on compact manifolds are considered. An inequality involving the number of connected components of the set formed by noncompact leaves, the number of homologically independent compact leaves, and the number of singular points of the corresponding Morse form is obtained.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 63, No. 6, pp. 862–865, June, 1998.The author wishes to thank Professor A. S. Mishchenko for his interest in this work and stimulating discussions.This research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-00276.     

Bounds on leaves of one-dimensional foliations

Let X be a variety over an algebraically closed field, a onedimensional singular foliation, and a projective leaf of . We prove that

Leaf closures of Riemannian foliations: A survey on topological and geometric aspects of Killing foliations

A smooth foliation is Riemannian when its leaves are locally equidistant. The closures of the leaves of a Riemannian foliation on a simply-connected manifold, or more generally of a Killing foliation, are described by flows of transverse Killing vector fields. This offers significant technical advantages in the study of this class of foliations, which nonetheless includes other important classes, such as those given by the orbits of isometric Lie group actions. Aiming at a broad audience, in this survey we introduce Killing foliations from the very basics, starting with a brief revision of the main objects appearing in this theory, such as pseudogroups, sheaves, holonomy and basic cohomology. We then review Molino’s structural theory for Riemannian foliations and present its transverse counterpart in the theory of complete pseudogroups of isometries, emphasizing the connections between these topics. We also survey some classical results and recent developments in the theory of Killing foliations. Finally, we review some topics in the theory of singular Riemannian foliations, including the recent proof of Molino’s conjecture, and discuss singular Killing foliations.     

Del Pezzo foliations with log canonical singularities

In this paper, we classify del Pezzo foliations of rank at least 3 on projective manifolds and with log canonical singularities in the sense of McQuillan.     

On the existence of stable compact leaves for transversely holomorphic foliations

We prove that a transversely holomorphic foliation on a compact manifold exhibits some compact leaf with finite holonomy group, provided that the set of compact leaves is not a zero measure set. A similar result is stated for groups of complex diffeomorphisms and periodic orbits.     

Frobenius theorem for foliations on singular varieties

We generalize Frobenius singular theorem due to Malgrange, for a large class of codimension one holomorphic foliations on singular analytic subsets of ℂ ^N . This research was partially supported by Pronex.     

Complexification of foliations and complex secondary classes

Some properties of complex secondary classes are discussed. It is shown that the Godbillon-Vey class and the Bott class are related via complexification.Supported by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Grant No. 13740042     

Kodaira dimension of holomorphic singular foliations

We introduce numerical invariants of holomorphic singular foliations under bimeromorphic transformations of surfaces. The basic invariant is a foliated version of the Kodaira dimension of compact complex manifolds.The author was supported by CNPq-Brazil in 1998 and Conseil Régional de Bourgogne in 1999.     

On deformations of transversely homogeneous foliations

A transversely homogeneous foliation is a foliation whose transverse model is a homogeneous space G/H. In this paper we consider the class of transversely homogeneous foliations on a manifold M which can be defined by a family of 1-forms on M fulfilling the Maurer–Cartan equation of the Lie group G. This class includes as particular cases Lie foliations and certain homogeneous spaces foliated by points. We develop, for the foliations belonging to this class, a deformation theory for which both the foliation and the model homogeneous space G/H are allowed to change. As the main result we show that, under some cohomological assumptions, there exist a versal space of deformations of finite dimension for the foliations of the class and when the manifold M is compact. Some concrete examples are discussed.     

Varieties of affine Kac-Moody algebras

In this paper the identities of the complex affine Kac-Moody algebras are studied. It is proved that the identities of twisted affine algebras coincide with those of the corresponding nontwisted algebras. Moreover, in the class of nontwisted affine Kac-Moody algebras, each of these algebras is uniquely defined by its identities. It is shown that the varieties of affine algebras, as well as the varieties defined by finitely generated three-step solvable Lie algebras, have exponential growth. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 62 No. 1, pp. 95–102, July 1997. Translated by A. I. Shtern     

Minimal invariant varieties and first integrals for algebraic foliations

Let X be an irreducible algebraic variety over ℂ, endowed with an algebraic foliation . In this paper, we introduce the notion of minimal invariant variety V( , Y) with respect to ( , Y), where Y is a subvariety of X. If Y = {x} is a smooth point where the foliation is regular, its minimal invariant variety is simply the Zariski closure of the leaf passing through x. First we prove that for very generic x, the varieties V( , x) have the same dimension p. Second we generalize a result due to X. Gomez- Mont (see [G-M]). More precisely, we prove the existence of a dominant rational map F : X → Z, where Z has dimension (n − p), such that for very generic x, the Zariski closure of F⁻¹(F(x)) is one and only one minimal invariant variety of a point. We end up with an example illustrating both results.     

Negative exterior curvature foliations on compact Riemannian manifolds

The topological structure of compact Riemannian manifolds that admit hyperbolic foliations is studied. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 62, No. 5, pp. 673–676, November, 1997. Translated by S. S. Anisov     

Darboux-Jouanolou-Ghys integrability for one-dimensional foliations on toric varieties

We use the existence of homogeneous coordinates for simplicial toric varieties to prove a result analogous to the Darboux-Jouanolou-Ghys integrability theorem for the existence of rational first integrals for one-dimensional foliations.     

On the density of foliations without algebraic solutions on weighted projective planes

We prove that a generic holomorphic foliation on a weighted projective plane has no algebraic solutions when the degree is big enough. We also prove an analogous result for foliations on Hirzebruch surfaces.     

Semi-complete foliations associated to Hamiltonian vector fields in dimension 2

We classify the foliations associated to Hamiltonian vector fields on C², with an isolated singularity, admitting a semi-complete representative. In particular we also classify semi-complete foliations associated to the differential equation .     

Transversely holomorphic structures with many invariant hypersurfaces

In this paper we show that a transversely holomorphic foliation in a compact manifold $M$ having an infinite number of invariant hypersurfaces admits a basic transversely meromorphic first integral $f:M?\overline{\mathbb{C}}$.     

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.