Characteristic classes of transformation groups

DOI10.1016/0926-2245(93)90001-HMaRDI QIDQ688450zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Mark V. Losik

Publication date 24 October 1994

Published in Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0926-2245(93)90001-H

zbMATH Keywords

\(G\)-invariant cochainsAtiyah-Patodi-Singer functionalautomorphism group of a smooth principal fibre bundlediffeomorphism group of a manifoldGelfand-Fuks cohomologyspectral sequencetopological spacetransformation group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Noncompact Lie groups of transformations (57S20) Groups of diffeomorphisms and homeomorphisms as manifolds (58D05) Cohomology of classifying spaces for pseudogroup structures (Spencer, Gelfand-Fuks, etc.) (58H10)

Review text

For a transformation group \(G\) of a topological space \(X\) a spectral sequence with the term \(E_ 2^{p,q} = H^ p(G; H^ q(X;A))\), where \(A\) is a coefficient group, is introduced. The cohomology of the complex of \(G\)-invariant cochains with coefficients in \(A\) determines the characteristic classes of \(G\) as elements of \(E_ \infty\): in particular cases they are elements of \(H^ p(G;H^ q(X;A))\) (or \(H^ p_ c(G; H^ q(X;A)\)) for a continuous transformation group \(G\)). The main applications concern the case when \(A = \mathbb{R}\) and the de Rham complex is used. It is shown that the characteristic classes of \textit{A. G. Rejman, M. A. Semenov-Tyan-Shanskij} and \textit{L. D. Faddeev} [Funct. Anal. Appl. 18, 319-326 (1984); translation from Funkts. Anal. Prilozh. 18, No. 4, 64-72 (1984; Zbl 0588.58001)] for the automorphism group of a smooth principal fibre bundle and the characteristic classes of \textit{R. Bott} [Enseign. Math., II. Ser. 23, 209-220 (1977; Zbl 0367.57004)] for the diffeomorphism group of a manifold are the partial cases of the above construction. The connection of the above characteristic classes with the functional of \textit{M. F. Atiyah, V. K. Patodi} and \textit{I. M. Singer} [Math. Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc. 77, 43-69 (1975; Zbl 0297.58008), 78, 405- 432 (1975; Zbl 0314.58016)] is indicated.

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