Chern-Gauss-Bonnet and Lefschetz duality from a currential point of view

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2017.07.005zbMATH Open1378.58002arXiv1507.07014OpenAlexW2962691135MaRDI QIDQ2014008FDOQ2014008

Daniel Cibotaru

Publication date: 10 August 2017

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We use the mapping cone for the relative deRham cohomology of a manifold with boundary in order to show that the Chern-Gauss-Bonnet Theorem for oriented Riemannian vector bundles over such manifolds is a manifestation of Lefschetz Duality in any of the two embodiments of the latter. We explain how Thom isomorphism fits into this picture, complementing thus the classical results about Thom forms with compact support. When the rank is odd, we construct, by using secondary transgression forms introduced here, a new closed pair of forms on the disk bundle associated to a vector bundle, pair which is Lefschetz dual to the zero section.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.07014

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zbMATH Keywords

transgressionGauss-Bonnetmapping coneLefschetz duality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Connections (general theory) (53C05) de Rham theory in global analysis (58A12) Geometric measure and integration theory, integral and normal currents in optimization (49Q15) Currents in global analysis (58A25)

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• Higher transgressions of the Pfaffian
• Lefschetz theory, geometric Thom forms and the far point set
• Lefschetz-Pontrjagin duality for differential characters
• Odd Pfaffian forms
• Nontame Morse–Smale flows and odd Chern–Weil theory

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