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Morse-Novikov cohomology on foliated manifolds

Differential Geometry 2022-02-10 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

The idea of Lichnerowicz or Morse-Novikov cohomology groups of a manifold has been utilized by many researchers to study important properties and invariants of a manifold. Morse-Novikov cohomology is defined using the differential dω=d+ωd_\omega=d+\omega\wedge, where ω\omega is a closed 11-form. We study Morse-Novikov cohomology relative to a foliation on a manifold and its homotopy invariance and then extend it to more general type of forms on a Riemannian foliation. We study the Laplacian and Hodge decompositions for the corresponding differential operators on reduced leafwise Morse-Novikov complexes. In the case of Riemannian foliations, we prove that the reduced leafwise Morse-Novikov cohomology groups satisfy the Hodge theorem and Poincar{\'e} duality. The resulting isomorphisms yield a Hodge diamond structure for leafwise Morse-Novikov cohomology.

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@article{arxiv.2202.04508,
  title  = {Morse-Novikov cohomology on foliated manifolds},
  author = {Md. Shariful Islam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.04508},
  year   = {2022}
}

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