The Godbillon-Vey invariant and the foliated cobordism group (Q1201486)

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The Godbillon-Vey invariant and the foliated cobordism group
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    The Godbillon-Vey invariant and the foliated cobordism group (English)
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    17 January 1993
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    Let \(\mathcal F\) be a transversely oriented foliation by surfaces of a closed, oriented 3-manifold \(M\). Recall that the Godbillon-Vey invariant \(GV({\mathcal F})\) is a real number obtained by integrating the Godbillon-Vey form \(\eta\wedge d\eta\) over \(M\). It is a challenging problem to determine, for a given foliation, whether or not \(GV({\mathcal F})\) vanishes. In this paper, the author gives a necessary and sufficient condition for the vanishing: \(GV({\mathcal F})=0\) if and only if \(\mathcal F\) is foliated cobordant to a transversely oriented foliation \(\mathcal G\) of codimension one on a closed, oriented 3-manifold \(N\) and there exists a sequence \(\{{\mathcal G}_ k\}^ \infty_{k=1}\) of nullcobordant foliations of \(N\) converging to \(\mathcal G\).
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    transversely oriented foliation by surfaces of a closed, oriented 3- manifold
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    Godbillon-Vey invariant
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    foliated cobordant to a transversely oriented foliation
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    nullcobordant foliations
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