Secondary Characteristic Classes on Loop Spaces
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Publication:6205556
arXiv0705.1008MaRDI QIDQ6205556FDOQ6205556
Authors: Yoshiaki Maeda, Steven Rosenberg, Fabian Torres-Ardila 
Publication date: 7 May 2007
Abstract: A Riemannian metric on a manifold M induces a family of Riemannian metrics on the loop space LM depending on a Sobolev space parameter s. The connection and curvature forms of these metrics take values in pseudodifferential operators. We develop a theory of Wodzicki-Chern-Simons classes using the s=0, 1 connections and the Wodzicki residue. These classes distinguish the smooth homotopy type of some circle actions on M = S^2 x S^3, and imply that the fundamental group of Diff(M) is infinite.
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