A remark on the Bott class (Q1612797)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1796101
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1796101 |
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A remark on the Bott class (English)
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31 March 2003
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In several real and complex situations the geometric properties of the characteristic classes of foliations are not yet clear. The author considers the imaginary part \(\xi _q\) of the Bott class. An associated cocycle for \(\xi _q\) in the Čech-de Rham complex is defined. The class \(\xi _q\) reflects how the local holonomy maps expand and rotate transverse discs. The vanishing of this class for foliations having a transverse volume form, or for transversely complex affine foliations, is given. The author shows also that the class \(\xi _q\) has a certain relationship with a group cocycle.
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transversely complex affine foliations
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characteristic classes
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