Basic dual homotopy invariants of Riemannian foliations

Pang, Peter Y. H.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1990-1010888-X

Basic dual homotopy invariants of Riemannian foliations
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by Peter Y. H. Pang

Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 322 (1990), 189-199

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1990-1010888-X

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Abstract:

In this paper, we use the Sullivan minimal model construction to produce invariants for Riemannian foliations. Existence and vanishing results are proved for these invariants.

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