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The isotropy of the holonomy groupoid is the leaf holonomy group
Statement
Assume Countable Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice ()). Let be a regular foliation, , the leaf through , a local transversal at and the holonomy representation (The holonomy representation and the holonomy group of a leaf). Then the isotropy group of the holonomy groupoid (The holonomy groupoid of a foliation) is canonically isomorphic to the holonomy group : the map sending the holonomy class of a leaf loop at to its holonomy germ is a group isomorphism. In particular the isotropy is trivial if and only if the holonomy representation is trivial.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A regular foliation , a point with leaf , a local transversal at , the holonomy representation , and the holonomy groupoid .
Arrows of are the holonomy classes of leaf loops at , where two leaf loops are holonomy-equivalent exactly when their holonomy germs agree; the isotropy group consists of these arrows with composition induced by concatenation and identity the class of the constant loop (The holonomy groupoid of a foliation, Based loops and the fundamental group).
The holonomy germ of a leaf loop at is well defined and invariant under leafwise homotopy relative to endpoints; the holonomy representation is , it is a homomorphism, and (The holonomy representation and the holonomy group of a leaf, The holonomy germ is independent of the foliation chart chain).
Holonomy germs satisfy ; the germs of local diffeomorphisms of at form a group under composition, so equal germs compose to equal germs (Holonomy respects path concatenation and reversal, Germs of local diffeomorphisms at a point form a group).
Proof
The map is well defined and injective. Define by . If are holonomy-equivalent leaf loops, then by definition their holonomy germs agree, , so is well defined; conversely if the germs agree then the loops are holonomy-equivalent, so is injective.
The map is a homomorphism. The isotropy product is induced by concatenation, so for classes of leaf loops at , using multiplicativity of holonomy germs [F3]. The identity class is that of the constant loop, whose germ is the identity germ of , so preserves identities as well, and inverses are preserved because reversal inverts the germ.
The image is the holonomy group. Every holonomy class of a leaf loop at is represented by a leaf loop , and of its class is by [F2]; hence the image of is exactly . Since is an injective homomorphism onto this subgroup, it is a group isomorphism onto the holonomy group.
Triviality criterion. The isotropy group is trivial exactly when its isomorphic image is trivial, that is, exactly when is the trivial homomorphism. This proves the proposition and the stated criterion.
Depends on
- Holonomy classes form a groupoid congruence
- The holonomy groupoid of a foliation
- The monodromy groupoid of a foliation
- The holonomy representation and the holonomy group of a leaf
- The holonomy germ is independent of the foliation chart chain
- Holonomy respects path concatenation and reversal
- Germs of local diffeomorphisms at a point form a group
- Based loops and the fundamental group
- Local transversals to a regular foliation
- Leaves of a regular foliation
- The Axiom of Countable Choice ($\mathrm{AC}_\omega$)
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Sources
- Eckhard Meinrenken, Lie Groupoids and Lie Algebroids, lecture notes (University of Toronto MAT1341, Fall 2017) (standard reference, not scraped)
- Leiden NCG seminar, Noncommutative Geometry of Foliations (2023 seminar notes) (standard reference, not scraped)