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Stratified vector fields on orbit spaces

Differential Geometry 2026-05-06 v1

Abstract

Using Morita type stratifications, we establish a one-to-one correspondence between geometric vector fields on a separated differentiable stack and stratified vector fields on its orbit space. This correspondence enables us to derive a stacky version of the generalized Gauss lemma and to prove a smooth version of Palais' covering isotopy theorem for a class of proper Lie groupoids, thereby extending the classical result for proper Lie group actions.

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@article{arxiv.2605.03174,
  title  = {Stratified vector fields on orbit spaces},
  author = {Mateus de Melo and Juan Sebastian Herrera-Carmona and Fabricio Valencia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.03174},
  year   = {2026}
}

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16 pages

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