2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/73705Let G be the Heisenberg group of real lower triangular 3x3 matrices with unit diagonal. A locally free smooth action of G on a manifold M^4 is given by linearly independent vector fields X_1, X_2, X_3 such that X_3 = [X_1,X_2] and [X_1,X_3] = [X_2, X_3] = 0. The C^1 topology for vector fields induces a topology in the space of actions of G on M^4. An action is compact if all orbits are compact. Given a compact action $θ$, we investigate under which conditions its C^1 perturbations $\tildeθ$ are guaranteed to be compact. There is more than one interesting definition of stability, and we show that in the case of the Heisenberg group, unlike for actions of R^n, the definitions do not turn out to be equivalent.17 pages, no figures (corrected typos and added references)Geometric TopologyDynamical Systems37C85; 57R30; 57M60text