Notes on `Infinitesimal derivative of the Bott class and the Schwarzian derivatives' (Q2396268)

The paper is a continuation of the author's works in 2009 and in 2015. Namely, in [Tohoku Math. J. (2) 61, No. 3, 393--416 (2009; Zbl 1198.32014)], the author studied the infinitesimal derivative of the Bott class (in the complex case) which was defined by generalizing Heitsche's construction and showed a beautiful formula which represents the infinitesimal derivative via the Schwarzian derivative. This formula was a generalization of Maszczyk's one for the Godbillon-Vey class (in the real case) of real codimension-one foliations. In [Int. J. Math. 26, No. 4, Article ID 1540001, 29 p. (2015; Zbl 1325.58009)], the author proved that the infinitesimal derivatives of the Bott class (in the complex case) as well as those of the Godbillon-Vey class (in the real case) are determined by an invariant which was constructed by using the cohomology of foliations equipped with a transverse projective structure. \par In this paper, the author introduces a new proof of the formula representing the infinitesimal derivatives of the Bott class and Godbillon-Vey class via the projective Schwarzian derivatives by using the calculations in [loc. cit.] for the coefficients of the transverse Thomas-Whitehead projective connections on the considered foliation.