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Bounded characteristic classes and flat bundles ![]() Auteur(s): Chatterji Indira, De Cornulier Yves, Mislin Guido, Pittet Christophe (Article) Publié: Journal Of Differential Geometry, vol. 95 p.39 - 51 (2013) Ref HAL: hal-01145333_v1 Ref Arxiv: 1202.4069 Ref. & Cit.: NASA ADS Exporter : BibTex | endNote Résumé: Let G be a connected Lie group, G^d the underlying discrete group, and BG, BG^d their classifying spaces. Let R denote the radical of G. We show that all classes in the image of the canonical map in cohomology H^*(BG,R)->H^*(BG^d,R) are bounded if and only if the derived group [R,R] is simply connected. We also give equivalent conditions in terms of stable commutator length and distortion. |