On Losik classes of diffeomorphism pseudogroups
Differential Geometry
2025-05-28 v1 Geometric Topology
Abstract
Let be a pseudogroup of local diffeomorphisms of an -dimensional smooth manifold . Following Losik we consider characteristic classes of the quotient as elements of the de~Rham cohomology of the second order frame bundles over coming from the generators of the Gelfand-Fuchs cohomology. We provide explicit expressions for the classes that we call Godbillon-Vey-Losik class and the first Chern-Losik class. Reducing the frame bundles we construct bundles over such that the Godbillon-Vey-Losik class is represented by a volume form on a space of dimension , and the first Chern-Losik class is represented by a symplectic form on a space of dimension . Examples in dimension 2 are considered.
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@article{arxiv.2505.20778,
title = {On Losik classes of diffeomorphism pseudogroups},
author = {Yaroslav V. Bazaikin and Yury D. Efremenko and Anton S. Galaev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.20778},
year = {2025}
}
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