On equifocal Finsler submanifolds and analytic maps

Abstract

A relevant property of equifocal submanifolds is that their parallel sets are still immersed submanifolds, which makes them a natural generalization of the so-called isoparametric submanifolds. In this paper, we prove that the regular fibers of an analytic map $\pi :M^{m+k}\to B^k$ are equifocal whenever $M^{m+k}$ is endowed with a complete Finsler metric and there is a restriction of $\pi$ which is a Finsler submersion for a certain Finsler metric on the image. In addition, we prove that when the fibers provide a singular foliation on $M^{m+k}$, then this foliation is Finsler.