Weakly bounded cohomology classes and a counterexample to a conjecture of Gromov

DOI10.1007/S00039-024-00676-9arXiv2207.03972OpenAlexW4391821196WikidataQ124792513 ScholiaQ124792513MaRDI QIDQ6404418FDOQ6404418

Authors: Dario Ascari, Francesco Milizia 

Publication date: 8 July 2022

Abstract: We exhibit a finitely presented group whose second cohomology contains a weakly bounded, but not bounded, class. As an application, we disprove a long-standing conjecture of Gromov about bounded primitives of differential forms on universal covers of closed manifolds.

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00039-024-00676-9

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

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