Intrinsic characteristic classes for a local Lie group
Differential Geometry
2009-12-07 v1
Abstract
For a local Lie group M we define odd order cohomology classes. The first class is an obstruction to globalizability of the local Lie group. The third class coincides with Godbillon-Vey class in a particular case. These classes are secondary as they emerge when curvature vanishes.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.0912.0855,
title = {Intrinsic characteristic classes for a local Lie group},
author = {Ender Abadoglu and Ercument Ortacgil},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.0855},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
To appear in Portugaliae Mathematicae