One-dimensional metric foliations on the Heisenberg group

Munteanu, Marius

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-05-08160-8

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.

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