A dilogarithmic formula for the Cheeger-Chern-Simons class

DOI10.2140/GT.2006.10.1347zbMATH Open1130.57013arXiv0903.0284OpenAlexW2130441955MaRDI QIDQ860157FDOQ860157

Authors: Johan L. Dupont, Christian K. Zickert 

Publication date: 23 January 2007

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a simplification of Neumann's formula for the universal Cheeger-Chern-Simons class of the second Chern polynomial. Our approach is completely algebraic, and the final formula can be applied directly on a homology class in the bar complex.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0284

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zbMATH Keywords

characteristic classesextended Bloch group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Polylogarithms and relations with (K)-theory (11G55) Bar and cobar constructions (57T30) Homology and cohomology of Lie groups (57T10)

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