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arxiv: 1108.2765 · v1 · pith:SGJ5WBZKnew · submitted 2011-08-13 · 🧮 math.GT

Haefliger's codimension-one singular foliations, open books and twisted open books in dimension 3

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We consider singular foliations of codimension one on 3-manifolds, in the sense defined by A. Haefliger as being Gamma_1-structures. We prove that under the obvious linear embedding condition, they are Gamma_1-homotopic to a regular foliation carried by an open book or a twisted open book. The latter concept is introduced for this aim. Our result holds true in every regularity C^r, r at least 1. In particular, in dimension 3, this gives a very simple proof of Thurston's 1976 regularization theorem without using Mather's homology equivalence.

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