A topological obstruction to the geodesibility of a foliation of odd dimension

DOI10.1007/BF00149358zbMath0475.57008OpenAlexW2021148405MaRDI QIDQ1159389

David L. Johnson, Antonio M. Naveira

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00149358

zbMATH Keywords

totally geodesic foliationPontryagin characteristic classes of the tangent bundle of the foliation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory (57R30)

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