Finiteness properties of characteristic classes of flat bundles

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Authors Michelle Bucher-Karlsson

Publication date 28 January 2008

Published in L'Enseignement Mathématique. 2e Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

algebraic groups.flat bundlesprimary characteristic classes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semialgebraic sets and related spaces (14P10) Sphere bundles and vector bundles in algebraic topology (55R25) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20)

Review text

Let \(G\) be a real algebraic group. It is shown that the primary characteristic classes of flat \(G\)-bundles can be represented by cocycles taking only finitely many values on singular simplices. This generalizes a previous result due to Gromov, who proved that bounded representatives exist. As shown by Goldman, the hypothesis that \(G\) is algebraic cannot be removed.

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