The norm of the Euler class

DOI10.1007/S00208-011-0694-8zbMATH Open1252.57010arXiv1009.2316OpenAlexW3101756354MaRDI QIDQ425136FDOQ425136

Nicolas Monod, Michelle Bucher

Publication date: 7 June 2012

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that the norm of the Euler class E for flat vector bundles is $2^{-n}$ (in even dimension $n$, since it vanishes in odd dimension). This shows that the Sullivan--Smillie bound considered by Gromov and Ivanov--Turaev is sharp. We construct a new cocycle representing E and taking only the two values $pm{2}^{-n}$; a null-set obstruction prevents any cocycle from existing on the projective space. We establish the uniqueness of an antisymmetric representative for E in bounded cohomology.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.2316

zbMATH Keywords

normbounded Euler class

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Continuous cohomology of Lie groups (22E41)

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