Bounded cohomology classes from differential forms
Abstract
Let be a complete hyperbolic -manifold, . Via integration over geodesic simplices, any closed bounded differential 2-form on defines a bounded cohomology class in . It was proved by Barge and Ghys (for ) and by Battista et al. (for ) that, if is closed, then this procedure defines an injective embedding of the (infinite-dimensional) space of closed differential -forms on into . We extend this result to the case when the fundamental group of is of the first kind, i.e. its limit set is equal to the whole boundary at infinity of hyperbolic space (this holds, for example, when has finite volume). Our argument is different from Barge and Ghys' original one, and relies on the following fact of independent interest: an function on the hyperbolic plane is determined by its integrals over all ideal triangles. We prove this fact by way of Fourier analysis on the hyperbolic plane.
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@article{arxiv.2604.16289,
title = {Bounded cohomology classes from differential forms},
author = {Gian Maria Dall'Ara and Roberto Frigerio and Ervin Hadziosmanovic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.16289},
year = {2026}
}
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24 pages