De Rham cohomology of diffeological spaces and foliations (Q719625)

From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
De Rham cohomology of diffeological spaces and foliations
scientific article

    Statements

    De Rham cohomology of diffeological spaces and foliations (English)
    0 references
    0 references
    10 October 2011
    0 references
    Suppose \((M,\mathcal F)\) is a smoothly foliated manifold. Let \(\Omega^*(M/\mathcal F)\) be a version for the de Rham complex of the leaf space and \(\Omega_b^*(M,\mathcal F)\) the complex of forms \(\omega\) which are base-like for \(\mathcal F\), ie for any vector field \(X\) tangent to \(\mathcal F\) we have \(i_X\omega=0\) and \(i_Xd\omega=0\). Then the projection \(p:M\to M/\mathcal F\) induces an isomorphism \(p^*:\Omega^*(M/\mathcal F)\to\Omega_b^*(M,\mathcal F)\). Hence the de Rham cohomology \(H^*(M/\mathcal F)\) is isomorphic to \(H_b^*(M,\mathcal F)\).
    0 references
    0 references
    diffeological space
    0 references
    de Rham cohomology
    0 references
    foliation
    0 references
    base-like cohomology
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references