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July, 1999 Invariance of the Godbillon-Vey class by C1-diffeomorphisms for higher codimensional foliations
Taro ASUKE
J. Math. Soc. Japan 51(3): 655-660 (July, 1999). DOI: 10.2969/jmsj/05130655

Abstract

G. Raby proved in [4] that the Godbillon-Vey invariant for codimension-one foliations is invariant by C1-diffeomorphisms. In this paper we generalize the result for foliations of arbitrary codimension.

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Taro ASUKE. "Invariance of the Godbillon-Vey class by C1-diffeomorphisms for higher codimensional foliations." J. Math. Soc. Japan 51 (3) 655 - 660, July, 1999. https://doi.org/10.2969/jmsj/05130655

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Published: July, 1999
First available in Project Euclid: 10 June 2008

zbMATH: 0931.57021
MathSciNet: MR1691477
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2969/jmsj/05130655

Subjects:
Primary: 57R32
Secondary: 57R30

Keywords: $C^{1}$-invariance , foliations , Godbillon-Vey class , secondary characteristic classes

Rights: Copyright © 1999 Mathematical Society of Japan

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