Characteristic classes of transversely homogeneous foliations
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Abstract:
The foliations studied in this paper have transverse geometry modeled on a homogeneous space $G/H$ with transition functions given by the left action of $G$. It is shown that the characteristic classes for such a foliation are determined by invariants of a certain flat bundle. This is used to prove that when $G$ is semisimple, the characteristic classes are rigid under smooth deformations, extending work of Brooks, Goldman and Heitsch.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1985 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 289 (1985), 849-859
- MSC: Primary 57R32; Secondary 53C12
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1985-0784016-8
- MathSciNet review: 784016