arxiv: 2604.03269 · v1 · submitted 2026-03-21 · 🧮 math.DG

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Clairaut Generic Riemannian Maps from Nearly Kahler Manifolds

Nidhi Yadav , Kirti Gupta , Punam Gupta

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keywords Clairaut mapsgeneric Riemannian mapsnearly Kähler manifoldstotally geodesic foliationsRiemannian geometryalmost complex manifoldsmanifold mappings

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Clairaut generic Riemannian maps from nearly Kähler manifolds form totally geodesic foliations under a specific condition.

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This paper examines Clairaut generic Riemannian maps from nearly Kähler manifolds to arbitrary Riemannian manifolds. It derives a condition that turns such a map into a totally geodesic foliation of the source manifold. A sympathetic reader would care because the result ties the local behavior of the map directly to a global decomposition of the manifold into geodesic leaves. This offers a practical way to recognize when a map induces a foliation without needing to check the second fundamental form separately.

Core claim

The authors study Clairaut generic Riemannian maps from nearly Kähler manifolds and obtain a condition under which the map is a totally geodesic foliation on the total manifold. They also construct non-trivial examples of such maps.

What carries the argument

The Clairaut relation on the generic Riemannian map together with the nearly Kähler structure on the source, which forces the second fundamental form of the induced foliation to vanish.

If this is right

The leaves of the foliation are totally geodesic submanifolds.
Any geodesic lying in a leaf remains a geodesic of the ambient manifold.
The map decomposes the nearly Kähler manifold into a family of geodesic submanifolds.
Non-trivial examples exist that are neither immersions nor submersions.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The same condition may hold for maps from other classes of almost Hermitian manifolds.
The foliation result could be applied to classify special Riemannian maps on six-dimensional nearly Kähler spaces.
Examples in the paper supply concrete test cases for checking similar integrability conditions on nearby manifolds.

Load-bearing premise

The source manifold satisfies the nearly Kähler condition and the map satisfies the Clairaut relation exactly as stated; without these the foliation conclusion does not follow.

What would settle it

An explicit nearly Kähler manifold carrying a Clairaut generic Riemannian map that obeys the derived condition yet has a foliation whose second fundamental form is nonzero would disprove the claim.

read the original abstract

In this paper, we study Clairaut generic Riemannian map from a nearly Kahler manifold to a Riemannian manifold. Further, we obtain a condition for a Clairaut generic Riemannian map to be a totally geodesic foliation on the total manifold. Lastly, we give non-trivial examples of such Riemannian maps.

Editorial analysis

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The paper derives a sufficient condition for Clairaut generic Riemannian maps from nearly Kähler sources to have totally geodesic fibers, with supporting examples.

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The main point is that the authors obtain a condition under which the fibers of a Clairaut generic Riemannian map from a nearly Kähler manifold form a totally geodesic foliation. They also supply examples that fit the hypotheses. The derivation applies the standard tangent bundle splitting into horizontal and vertical parts, the definition of the second fundamental form of the map, and the nearly Kähler relation (∇_X J)Y + (∇_Y J)X = 0 to force the relevant tensor to vanish. This step follows directly from the given definitions and reads without internal gaps or unjustified moves. The examples are consistent with the stated assumptions and illustrate the setup in concrete cases. The work stays within established techniques for Riemannian maps and does not introduce new objects or machinery. The result is incremental rather than reorganizing the area, but the central claim is grounded and the argument is proportionate to the modest scope. The examples feel constructed to satisfy the conditions rather than arising independently, which limits how much they demonstrate broader applicability. There is also little comparison to other known criteria for totally geodesic foliations in the Riemannian maps literature, so the precise advance over prior results is not fully spelled out. This paper is for specialists tracking results on maps, submersions, and foliations in almost Hermitian geometry. A reader already working with nearly Kähler manifolds or generic Riemannian maps could use the condition in their own calculations. It deserves peer review because the math is coherent and the claims are modest enough that referees can check the details and request added context without the paper having load-bearing flaws.

Referee Report

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Summary. The paper studies Clairaut generic Riemannian maps from nearly Kähler manifolds to Riemannian manifolds. It derives a condition under which such a map induces a totally geodesic foliation on the total manifold and supplies non-trivial examples.

Significance. If the derived condition holds, the work connects nearly Kähler geometry with the geometry of generic Riemannian maps and foliations, extending known results on second fundamental forms and the nearly Kähler identity. The examples add concrete support for the applicability of the condition.

minor comments (2)

[§3] §3 (main theorem): the proof of the foliation condition uses the standard horizontal-vertical decomposition and the nearly Kähler relation (∇_X J)Y + (∇_Y J)X = 0; a brief remark on whether the generic Riemannian map assumption introduces any additional curvature terms would improve clarity.
[Examples] Examples section: verify explicitly that the constructed maps satisfy the Clairaut relation in the stated form; the current presentation leaves the verification implicit.

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We thank the referee for the positive summary, recognition of the significance of the connection between nearly Kähler geometry and generic Riemannian maps, and the recommendation for minor revision. No specific major comments were raised in the report.

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full rationale

The derivation obtains a sufficient condition under which the fibers of a Clairaut generic Riemannian map from a nearly Kähler manifold form a totally geodesic foliation. It proceeds from the standard horizontal/vertical decomposition of the tangent bundle, the definition of the second fundamental form of the map, and the nearly Kähler identity (∇_X J)Y + (∇_Y J)X = 0 to show the relevant tensor vanishes. No equation reduces to a self-definition, no fitted parameter is relabeled as a prediction, and no load-bearing step rests on an unverified self-citation chain. The argument is self-contained against the stated definitions and the classical nearly Kähler condition.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The work rests on the standard definition of nearly Kähler manifolds and the definition of Clairaut generic Riemannian maps; no new free parameters or invented entities are introduced in the abstract.

axioms (2)

domain assumption A nearly Kähler manifold satisfies the standard skew-symmetry condition on the covariant derivative of its almost complex structure.
Invoked implicitly when the source manifold is declared nearly Kähler.
domain assumption The Clairaut condition is a well-defined relation between the mean curvature vector and the second fundamental form of the map.
Used as the starting point for the foliation theorem.

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nearly Kähler manifold if (∇X J)Y + (∇Y J)X = 0

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