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A conformal integral invariant on Riemannian foliations

Differential Geometry 2013-03-25 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

Let MM be a closed manifold which admits a foliation structure F\mathcal{F} of codimension q2q\geq 2 and a bundle-like metric g0g_0. Let [g0]B[g_0]_B be the space of bundle-like metrics which differ from g0g_0 only along the horizontal directions by a multiple of a positive basic function. Assume YY is a transverse conformal vector field and the mean curvature of the leaves of (M,F,g0)(M,\mathcal{F},g_0) vanishes. We show that the integral MY(RgTT)dμg\int_MY(R^T_{g^T})d\mu_g is independent of the choice of g[g0]Bg\in [g_0]_B, where gTg^T is the transverse metric induced by gg and RTR^T is the transverse scalar curvature. Moreover if q3q\geq 3, we have MY(RgTT)dμg=0\int_MY(R^T_{g^T})d\mu_g=0 for any g[g0]Bg\in [g_0]_B. However there exist codimension 2 minimal Riemannian foliations (M,F,g)(M,\mathcal{F},g) and transverse conformal vector fields YY such that MY(RgTT)dμg0\int_MY(R^T_{g^T})d\mu_g\neq 0. 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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