Foliated Geometry of Inverse Problems: Torsion, Curvature Duality, and Near-Associativity

Abstract

We present a geometric framework for reconstruction problems based on Vaisman foliations and Atiyah--Molino sequences. Independent projections induce transverse foliations and dual connections; vanishing torsion and curvature duality guarantee unique, path-independent reconstruction, while obstructions yield non-associative quasigroupoids. Toric symmetry provides equivariant uniqueness. Applications to generative AI imputation and cryo-electron microscopy demonstrate the framework's practical power, unifying differential geometry with data-driven inverse problems.