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Chern-Weil homomorphism in twisted equivariant cohomology

Differential Geometry 2008-09-15 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We describe the Cartan and Weil models of twisted equivariant cohomology together with the Cartan homomorphism among the two, and we extend the Chern-Weil homomorphism to the twisted equivariant cohomology. We clarify that in order to have a cohomology theory, the coefficients of the twisted equivariant cohomology must be taken in the completed polynomial algebra over the dual Lie algebra of GG. We recall the relation between the equivariant cohomology of exact Courant algebroids and the twisted equivariant cohomology, and we show how to endow with a generalized complex structure the finite dimensional approximations of the Borel construction M×GEGkM\times_G EG_k, whenever the generalized complex manifold MM possesses a Hamiltonian GG action.

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@article{arxiv.0809.2241,
  title  = {Chern-Weil homomorphism in twisted equivariant cohomology},
  author = {Alexander Caviedes and Shengda Hu and Bernardo Uribe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.2241},
  year   = {2008}
}

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21 pages