Autour du théorème de Ferrand–Obata (Concerning the Theorem of Ferrand–Obata)

The aim of this article is to give a new dynamical proof of the Ferrand–Obata theorem when the manifold is compact. This will give us a generalisation of this theorem to transversally conformal foliations ofcodimension greater than three and constant basic functions.     

Cyclic Cohomology of étale Groupoids: The General Case

We give a general method for computing the cyclic cohomology of crossed products by étale groupoids, extending the Feigin–Tsygan–Nistor spectral sequences. In particular we extend the computations performed by Brylinski, Burghelea, Connes, Feigin, Karoubi, Nistor, and Tsygan for the convolution algebra C _c (G) of an étale groupoid, removing the Hausdorffness condition and including the computation of hyperbolic components. Examples like group actions on manifolds and foliations are considered.     

Pseudo-Anosov Flows and Incompressible Tori

We study incompressible tori in 3-manifolds supporting pseudo-Anosov flows and more generally ZZ subgroups of the fundamental group of such a manifold. If no element in this subgroup can be represented by a closed orbit of the pseudo-Anosov flow, we prove that the flow is topologically conjugate to a suspension of an Anosov diffeomorphism of the torus. In particular it is non singular and is an Anosov flow. It follows that either a pseudo-Anosov flow is topologically conjugate to a suspension Anosov flow, or any immersed incompressible torus can be realized as a free homotopy from a closed orbit of the flow to itself. The key tool is an analysis of group actions on non-Hausdorff trees, also known as R-order trees – we produce an invariant axis in the free action case. An application of these results is the following: suppose the manifold has an R-covered foliation transverse to a pseudo-Anosov flow. If the flow is not an R-covered Anosov flow, then it follows that the manifold is atoroidal.     

A Note on the KAM Theorem for Symplectic Mappings

The mapping version of Pöschel's theory on differentiable foliation structures of invariant tori is presented and the relevant estimates explicitly in terms of the diophantine constant and the nondegeneracy parameters of frequency maps are given. As a direct application of the main result, a generalization of Moser's small twist theorem to high dimensions is given.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Holomorphic vector fields with totally degenerate zeroes

A zero set of a holomorphic vector field is totally degenerate, if the endomorphism of the conormal sheaf induced by the vector field is identically zero. By studying a class of foliations generalizing foliations of C^*-actions, we show that if a projective manifold admits a holomorphic vector field with a smooth totally degenerate zero component,then the manifold is stably birational to that component of the zero set.When the vector field has an isolated totally degenerate zero, we prove that the manifold is rational. This is a special case of Carrell's conjecture.     

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