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A Bochner Technique For Foliations With Non-Negative Transverse Ricci Curvature

Differential Geometry 2023-01-31 v2

Abstract

We generalize the Bochner technique to foliations with non-negative transverse Ricci curvature. In particular, we obtain a new vanishing theorem for basic cohomology. Subsequently, we provide two natural applications, namely to degenerate 3-(α,δ)(\alpha,\delta) -Sasaki and certain Sasaki-η \eta -Einstein manifolds, which arise for example as Boothby-Wang bundles over hyperk\"ahler and Calabi-Yau manifolds, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.2301.05914,
  title  = {A Bochner Technique For Foliations With Non-Negative Transverse Ricci Curvature},
  author = {Leon Roschig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.05914},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

After announcement Georges Habib pointed out that his article "Modified differentials and basic cohomology for Riemannian foliations" (MR3078356) with Ken Richardson contains a Bochner formula for the twisted Laplacian (Prop 6.7, Thm 6.16) which implies our Thm 4.4 even for non-harmonic foliations. The preprint will thus not be submitted for publication and will only appear in the author's thesis