Hodge theory on transversely symplectic foliations

Abstract

In this paper, we develop symplectic Hodge theory on transversely symplectic foliations. In particular, we establish the symplectic $d\delta$-lemma for any such foliations with the (transverse) $s$-Lefschetz property. As transversely symplectic foliations include many geometric structures, such as contact manifolds, co-symplectic manifolds, symplectic orbifolds, and symplectic quasi-folds as special examples, our work provides a unifying treatment of symplectic Hodge theory in these geometries. As an application, we show that on compact $K$-contact manifolds, the $s$-Lefschetz property implies a general result on the vanishing of cup products, and that the cup length of a $2n+1$ dimensional compact $K$-contact manifold with the (transverse) $s$-Lefschetz property is at most $2n-s$. For any even integer $s\geq 2$, we also apply our main result to produce examples of $K$-contact manifolds that are $s$-Lefschetz but not $(s+1)$-Lefschetz.