A conformal integral invariant on Riemannian foliations
Abstract
Let be a closed manifold which admits a foliation structure of codimension and a bundle-like metric . Let be the space of bundle-like metrics which differ from only along the horizontal directions by a multiple of a positive basic function. Assume is a transverse conformal vector field and the mean curvature of the leaves of vanishes. We show that the integral is independent of the choice of , where is the transverse metric induced by and is the transverse scalar curvature. Moreover if , we have for any . However there exist codimension 2 minimal Riemannian foliations and transverse conformal vector fields such that . Therefore, it is a nontrivial obstruction for the transverse Yamabe problem on minimal Riemannian foliation of codimension 2.
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@article{arxiv.1111.6260,
title = {A conformal integral invariant on Riemannian foliations},
author = {Guofang Wang and Yongbing Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.6260},
year = {2013}
}
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10 pages