Characteristic classes of almost-flag structures
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Characteristic classes of almost-flag structures
zbMATH Open document ID: 0682.57008
DOI: 10.1007/BF00150936
author: Robert A. Wolak
published in: Geometriae Dedicata
publication date: 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \(F=(F_ 1,...,F_ k)\) be a sequence of sub-fiber bundles of the tangent bundle T(V) of a smooth manifold V. Let this sequence be totally ordered by inclusion and suppose that \(co\dim (F_ 1)=q_ 1\). The frames of \(T(V)/F_ 1\), adapted to F, form a G-principal sub-fiber bundle of the \(GL(q_ 1;{\mathbb{R}})\)-bundle of all frames. If \(I(GL(q_ 1;{\mathbb{R}}))\to I(G)\) is the natural restriction morphism \(\rho\), then the Chern-Weil morphism of \(T(V)/F_ 1\) is zero on the kernel of \(\rho\). This vanishing phenomenon allows the author to construct secondary classes for F, applying the difference operator theory of Chern-Bott. Taking F to be a flag-structure and X an infinitesimal automorphism of F, the author generalizes the two residue theorems of \textit{J. L. Heitsch} [Ann. Math., II. Ser. 108, 421-460 (1978; Zbl 0398.57007)] using the connection deformation method of \textit{D. Lehmann} [Ann. Inst. Fourier 24, No.3, 267-306 (1974; Zbl 0268.57009)].
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57R20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57R30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57R32
zbMATH DE Number: 4117469
zbMATH Keywords: sequence of sub-fiber bundles of the tangent bundle of a smooth manifold
zbMATH Keywords: Chern-Weil morphism
zbMATH Keywords: secondary classes
zbMATH Keywords: difference operator theory of Chern-Bott
zbMATH Keywords: flag-structure
zbMATH Keywords: infinitesimal automorphism
zbMATH Keywords: residue theorems
zbMATH Keywords: connection deformation method
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