A Metric Formula for the Godbillon-Vey Invariant for Foliations

DOI10.2307/2039304zbMath0263.57010OpenAlexW4247041800MaRDI QIDQ5679472

John W. Wood, Bruce L. Reinhart

Publication date: 1973

Published in: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2039304

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory (57R30) Local Riemannian geometry (53B20)

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