Topology of singular foliations of closed 1-forms on orbifolds

Abstract

We study the topological properties of the leaves of the singular foliation induced by a closed 1-form of Morse type on a compact orbifold. In particular, we establish criteria that characterize when all such leaves are compact, when they are non-compact, and how both types may coexist. As an application, we extend to the orbifold setting a celebrated result of Calabi, which provides a purely topological characterization of intrinsically closed harmonic 1-forms of Morse type.

21 pages, 10 figures/pictures. Comments are very welcome!