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Vector bundle automorphisms preserving Morse-Bott foliations

Geometric Topology 2024-09-17 v2 Algebraic Topology Differential Geometry Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Let MM be a smooth manifold and F\mathcal{F} a Morse-Bott foliation on MM with a compact critical manifold Σ\Sigma. Denote by D(F)\mathcal{D}(\mathcal{F}) the group of diffeomorphisms of MM leaving invariant each leaf of F\mathcal{F}. Under certain assumptions on F\mathcal{F} it is shown that the computation of the homotopy type of D(F)\mathcal{D}(\mathcal{F}) reduces to three rather independent groups: the group of diffeomorphisms of Σ\Sigma, the group of vector bundle automorphisms of some regular neighborhood of Σ\Sigma, and the subgroup of D(F)\mathcal{D}(\mathcal{F}) consisting of diffeomorphisms fixed near Σ\Sigma. Examples of computations of homotopy types of groups D(F)\mathcal{D}(\mathcal{F}) for such foliations are also presented.

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@article{arxiv.2311.13176,
  title  = {Vector bundle automorphisms preserving Morse-Bott foliations},
  author = {Sergiy Maksymenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.13176},
  year   = {2024}
}

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30 pages

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