Relative measure homology and continuous bounded cohomology of topological pairs

DOI10.2140/PJM.2012.257.91zbMATH Open1252.55001arXiv1105.4851OpenAlexW2044995088MaRDI QIDQ442045FDOQ442045

Authors: Roberto Frigerio, Cristina Pagliantini 

Publication date: 9 August 2012

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Measure homology was introduced by Thurston in his notes about the geometry and topology of 3-manifolds, where it was exploited in the computation of the simplicial volume of hyperbolic manifolds. Zastrow and Hansen independently proved that there exists a canonical isomorphism between measure homology and singular homology (on the category of CW-complexes), and it was then shown by Loeh that, in the absolute case, such isomorphism is in fact an isometry with respect to the L^1-seminorm on singular homology and the total variation seminorm on measure homology. Loeh's result plays a fundamental role in the use of measure homology as a tool for computing the simplicial volume of Riemannian manifolds. This paper deals with an extension of Loeh's result to the relative case. We prove that relative singular homology and relative measure homology are isometrically isomorphic for a wide class of topological pairs. Our results can be applied for instance in computing the simplicial volume of Riemannian manifolds with boundary. Our arguments are based on new results about continuous (bounded) cohomology of topological pairs, which are probably of independent interest.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.4851

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zbMATH Keywords

simplicial volume\(CAT(0)\) spacesbounded cohomology of groupssingular homology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Integral geometry (53C65) Singular homology and cohomology theory (55N10) Intersection homology and cohomology in algebraic topology (55N33) Algebraic topology of manifolds (57N65) Chain complexes in algebraic topology (55U15)

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