One-dimensional metric foliations on the Heisenberg group
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Abstract:
We prove that the one-dimensional metric foliations on the $(2n+1)$-dimensional Heisenberg group equipped with a left invariant metric are homogeneous.References
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Additional Information
- Marius Munteanu
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, SUNY College at Oneonta, Oneonta, New York 13820
- Email: munteam@oneonta.edu
- Received by editor(s): December 15, 2003
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: December 31, 2004
- Published electronically: October 28, 2005
- Communicated by: Jon G. Wolfson
- © Copyright 2005
American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication. - Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 134 (2006), 1791-1802
- MSC (2000): Primary 53C12; Secondary 22E25, 57R30
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-05-08160-8
- MathSciNet review: 2207495