Conformal curvature for the normal bundle of a conformal foliation
Annales de l'Institut Fourier, Volume 32 (1982) no. 3, pp. 261-274.

It is proved that the normal bundle of a distribution 𝒱 on a riemannian manifold admits a conformal curvature C if and only if 𝒱 is a conformal foliation. Then is conformally flat if and only if C vanishes. Also, the Pontrjagin classes of can be expressed in terms of C.

On prouve que le fibré normal d’une distribution 𝒱 dans une variété riemannienne admet une courbure conforme C si et seulement si 𝒱 est un feuilletage conforme. Alors, est conformément plat si et seulement si C est nulle. De plus, on peut exprimer les classes de Pontrjagin de en fonction de C.

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Montesinos, Angel. Conformal curvature for the normal bundle of a conformal foliation. Annales de l'Institut Fourier, Volume 32 (1982) no. 3, pp. 261-274. doi : 10.5802/aif.889. http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.5802/aif.889/

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