Transgression in the primitive cohomology
Differential Geometry
2026-01-01 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Symplectic Geometry
Abstract
We study the Chern-Weil theory for the primitive cohomology of a symplectic manifold. First, given a symplectic manifold, we review the superbundle-valued forms on this manifold and prove a primitive version of the Bianchi identity. Second, as the main result, we prove a transgression formula associated with the boundary map of the primitive cohomology. Third, as an application of the main result, we introduce the concept of primitive characteristic classes and point out a further direction.
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@article{arxiv.2512.24920,
title = {Transgression in the primitive cohomology},
author = {Hao Zhuang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.24920},
year = {2026}
}
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19 pages