The diffeomorphism group of a Lie foliation
Abstract
We explicitly compute the diffeomorphism group of several types of linear foliations (with dense leaves) on the torus , , namely codimension one foliations, flows, and the so-called non-quadratic foliations. We show in particular that non-quadratic foliations are rigid, in the sense that they do not admit transverse diffeomorphisms other than and translations. The computation is an application of a general formula that we prove for the diffeomorphism group of any Lie foliation with dense leaves on a compact manifold. Our results generalize those of P. Donato and P. Iglesias for , P. Iglesias and G. Lachaud for codimension one foliations on , , and B. Herrera for transcendent foliations. The theoretical setting of the paper is that of J. M. Souriau's diffeological spaces.
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@article{arxiv.0812.2550,
title = {The diffeomorphism group of a Lie foliation},
author = {G. Hector and E. Macías-Virgós and A. Sotelo-Armesto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.2550},
year = {2008}
}
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16 pages