On the induced geometric object on submanifolds of homogeneous spaces
We study the geometrical properties of a unit vector field on a Riemannian 2-manifold, considering the field as a local imbedding of the manifold into its tangent sphere bundle with the Sasaki metric. For the case of constant curvature , we give a description of the totally geodesic unit vector fields for and and prove a non-existence result for . We also found a family of vector fields on the hyperbolic 2-plane of curvature which generate foliations on with leaves of constant intrinsic...
We deduce further properties of connections on the functional bundle of all smooth maps between the fibers over the same base point of two fibered manifolds over the same base, which we introduced in [2]. In particular, we define the vertical prolongation of such a connection, discuss the iterated absolute differentiation by means of an auxiliary linear connection on the base manifold and prove the general Ricci identity.
Using Weil algebra techniques, we determine all finite dimensional homomorphic images of germs of foliation respecting maps.
A connection on a principal G-bundle may be identified with a smooth group morphism H : GL∞(M) → G, called a holonomy, where GL∞(M) is a group of equivalence classes of loops on the base M. The present article focuses on the kernel of this morphism, which consists of the classes of loops along which parallel transport is trivial. Use is made of a formula expressing the gauge potential as a suitable derivative of the holonomy, allowing a different proof of a theorem of Lewandowski’s, which states...