Vertical flows and a general currential homotopy formula

DOI10.1512/IUMJ.2016.65.5762MaRDI QIDQ2806001zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Daniel Cibotaru

Publication date 13 May 2016

Published in Indiana University Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.0952, http://www.iumj.indiana.edu/IUMJ/ABS/2016/5762

zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Gauss-Bonnet theoremsuperconnectionsMorse-Bott-Smale vector fieldstransgression formulas

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: We generalize some of the results of Harvey, Lawson and Latschev about transgression formulas. The focus here is on flowing forms via vertical vector fields, especially Morse-Bott-Smale vector fields. We prove a very general transgression formula including also a version covering non-compact situations. Among applications, we completely answer a question of Quillen, construct the Maslov spark, give a very short proof of a refined Chern- Gauss-Bonnet theorem, and reprove some theorems of Nicolaescu and Getzler. A discussion about odd Chern-Weil theory is also included.

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