Mastrogiacomo transversal and basic cohomology on a foliated manifold (Q996953)

A field \(\omega\) of homogeneous 2-jets on a manifold \(M\) is \textit{exact} (resp., \textit{closed}) whenever \(\omega = j^2f\) for some function \(f\) (resp., whenever it is locally exact). The quotient \(H^2_j(M)\) of the space of closed fields over the space of exact fields is called (here) the Mastrogiacomo cohomology group of \(M\). It is known to be isomorphic to \(H^1(M, \mathbb R)\), the first cohomology group of \(M\) with real coefficients (see \textit{P. Mastrogiacomo} [Rend. Accad. Sci. Fis. Mat., IV. Ser., Napoli 43 (1976), 243--269 (1977; Zbl 0383.53010)]). The same (cite ibid.) can be done for a manifold equipped with a linear connection. Here, a similar construction is performed and analagous results are obtained in the case of fibered manifolds and foliations.