On Singular Distributions With Statistical Structure

Abstract

In this paper, we extend our previous study regarding a Riemannian manifold endowed with a singular (or regular) distribution, generalizing Bochner’s technique and a statistical structure. Following the construction of an almost Lie algebroid, we define the central concept of the paper: The Weitzenböck type curvature operator on tensors, prove the Bochner–Weitzenböck type formula and obtain some vanishing results about the null space of the Hodge type Laplacian on a distribution.

Keywords

• Riemannian manifold
• almost Lie algebroid
• singular distribution
• statistical structure
• Weitzenböck curvature operator
• harmonic differential form