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Principal cycles of one dimensional foliations associated to a plane field in $\mathbb{E}^3$

Dynamical Systems 2020-03-19 v1

Abstract

In this work it will be analyzed η\eta-principal cycles (compact leaves) of one dimensional singular foliations associated to a plane field Δη\Delta_{\eta} defined by a unit and normal vector field η{\eta} in E3 \mathbb E^3. The leaves are orthogonal to the orbits of η{\eta} and are the integral curves corresponding to directions of extreme normal curvature of the plane field Δη\Delta_{\eta}. % It is shown that, generically, given a η\eta-principal cycle it can be make hyperbolic (the derivative of the first return of the Poincar\'e map has all eigenvalues disjoint from the unit circle) by a small deformation of the vector field η{\eta}. Also is shown that for a dense set of unit vector fields, with the weak CrC^r-topology of Whitney, the η\eta-principal cycles are hyperbolic.

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@article{arxiv.2003.08323,
  title  = {Principal cycles of one dimensional foliations associated to a plane field in $\mathbb{E}^3$},
  author = {Alacyr J. Gomes and Ronaldo A. Garcia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.08323},
  year   = {2020}
}