The single-leaf Frobenius Theorem with Applications

Details The single-leaf Frobenius Theorem with Applications The single-leaf Frobenius Theorem with Applications

2005-10-26

arxiv.org/abs/math/0510555v1

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

39 pages, no figure

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Using the notion of Levi form of a smooth distribution, we discuss the local and the global problem of existence of one horizontal section of a smooth vector bundle endowed with a horizontal distribution. The analysis will lead to the formulation of a "one-leaf" analogue of the classical Frobenius integrability theorem in elementary differential geometry. Several applications of the result will be discussed. First, we will give a characterization of symmetric connections arising as Levi-Civita connections of semi-Riemannian metric tensors. Second, we will prove a general version of the classical Cartan-Ambrose-Hicks Theorem giving conditions on the existence of an affine map with prescribed differential at one point between manifolds endowed with connections.

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