Characteristic classes for $G$-structures
Differential Geometry
2016-09-06 v1
Abstract
Let be a linear Lie group with Lie algebra and let be the subalgebra of -invariant elements of the associative supercommutative algebra . To any -structure with a connection we associate a homomorphism . The differential forms for which are associated to the -structure can be used to construct Lagrangians. If has no torsion the differential forms are closed and define characteristic classes of a -structure. The induced homomorphism does not depend on the choice of the torsionfree connection and it is the natural generalization of the Chern Weil homomorphism.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/9209219,
title = {Characteristic classes for $G$-structures},
author = {Dimitri Alekseevsky and Peter W. Michor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9209219},
year = {2016}
}