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We define a norm on the homology of a foliated manifold, which refines and majorizes the usual Gromov norm on homology. This norm depends in an upper semi-continuous way on the underlying foliation, in the geometric topology, and can…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Danny Calegari

We study conformal structure and topology of leaves of singular foliations by Riemann surfaces.

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2016-12-02 Nessim Sibony , Erlend Fornæss Wold

We show that any co-orientable foliation of dimension two on a closed orientable $3$-manifold with continuous tangent plane field can be $C^0$-approximated by both positive and negative contact structures unless all the leaves are simply…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-09-27 Jonathan Bowden

We consider four dimensional Lie groups with left-invariant Riemannian metrics. For such groups we classify left-invariant conformal foliations with minimal leaves of codimension two. These foliations produce local complex-valued harmonic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-17 Sigmundur Gudmundsson , Martin Svensson

Let $M$ be a connected, closed, orientable, irreducible $3$-manifold. We show that: if $M$ admits a co-orientable taut foliation $\mathcal{F}$ with orderable cataclysm, then $\pi_1(M)$ is left orderable. This provides an elementary proof…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-04 Bojun Zhao

We construct taut foliations in every closed 3-manifold obtained by $r$-framed Dehn surgery along a positive 3-braid knot $K$ in $S^3$, where $r < 2g(K)-1$ and $g(K)$ denotes the Seifert genus of $K$. This confirms a prediction of the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-10-27 Siddhi Krishna

This paper explores the conjecture that the following are equivalent for rational homology 3-spheres: having left-orderable fundamental group, having non-minimal Heegaard Floer homology, and admitting a co-orientable taut foliation. In…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-11-18 Nathan M. Dunfield

A holomorphic foliation is defined as an integrable coherent subsheaf of the tangent sheaf. The structure of the leaves around a singularity is read off from the structure of the stalks. This was done by Baum when the dimension of the…

alg-geom · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Sinan Sertoz

This expository paper explores the interaction of group ordering with topological questions, especially in dimensions 2 and 3. Among the topics considered are surfaces, braid groups, 3-manifolds and their structures such as foliations and…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2014-03-20 Dale Rolfsen

The twist construction is a geometric model of T-duality that includes constructions of nilmanifolds from tori. This paper shows how one-dimensional foliations on manifolds may be used in a shear construction, which in algebraic form builds…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-11-08 Marco Freibert , Andrew Swann

We give a new method to construct isolated left orderings of groups whose positive cones are finitely generated. Our construction uses an amalgamated free product of two groups having an isolated ordering. We construct a lot of new examples…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-02-21 Tetsuya Ito

This is a book on derived foliations, that are a generalisation of classical foliations in the context of derived geometry. The text starts with the basic definitions and constructions, then explore foliated cohomology (with crystal…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-31 Bertrand Toen , Gabriele Vezzosi

We describe a simple scheme for constructing finitely generated monoids in which left-divisibility is a linear ordering and for practically investigating these monoids. The approach is based on subword reversing, a general method of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2012-05-09 Patrick Dehornoy

Deformation of morphisms along leaves of foliations define the tangential foliation on the corresponding space of morphisms. We prove that codimension one fo-liations having a tangential foliation with at least one non-algebraic leaf are…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2021-02-23 Frank Loray , Jorge Pereira , Frédéric Touzet

We study codimension one foliations in projective space \PP^n over \CC by looking at its first order perturbations: unfoldings and deformations. We give special attention to foliations of rational and logarithmic type. For a differential…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2016-08-16 Ariel Molinuevo

A foliation of a manifold M is called R-covered if its lift to the universal cover of M has space of leaves R. We show that there are many graph manifolds which admit taut foliations, but which do not admit any R-covered foliations. On the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mark Brittenham

Some standard definitions and results concerning foliations of dimension one and codimension one are introduced. A proper time foliation of Minkowski space is defined and contrasted with the foliation that is defined by the time coordinate.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 D. H. Delphenich

An equifocal submanifold M of a symmetric space N of compact type induces a foliation with singular leaves on N. In this paper we will show how to reconstruct the equifocal foliation starting from one of the singular leaves, the so-called…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Martina Brueck

Every Grothendieck fibration gives rise to a vertical/cartesian orthogonal factorization system on its domain. We define a cartesian factorization system to be an orthogonal factorization in which the left class satisfies 2-of-3 and is…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2021-01-22 David Jaz Myers

We outline the construction of the holonomy groupoid of a locally Lie groupoid and the monodromy groupoid of a Lie groupoid. These specialise to the well known holonomy and monodromy groupoids of a foliation, when the groupoid is just an…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Ronald Brown , Ilhan Icen , Osman Mucuk