Godbillon–Vey invariant

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The Godbillon–Vey invariant is a characteristic class in differential topology that assigns a real number to certain codimension-one foliations of manifolds, capturing subtle geometric and dynamical properties of their leaf structure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf characteristic class ⓘ
differential-topological invariant ⓘ
foliation invariant ⓘ
topological invariant ⓘ
appliesTo codimension-one foliations ⓘ
foliations of 3-manifolds ⓘ
oriented foliations ⓘ
smooth foliations ⓘ
associatedWith codimension-one integrable plane fields ⓘ
captures dynamical properties of foliations ⓘ
geometric properties of foliations ⓘ
global behavior of leaves ⓘ
codomain real numbers ⓘ
cohomologyDegree 3 ⓘ
definedFor C^2 codimension-one foliations ⓘ
definedUsing Bott connection ⓘ
cohomology class in degree three ⓘ
differential forms ⓘ
dependsOn foliation structure ⓘ
field differential topology ⓘ
dynamical systems ⓘ
foliation theory ⓘ
hasGeneralization Godbillon–Vey class for higher codimension in some settings ⓘ
independentOf choice of defining 1-form up to cohomology ⓘ
introducedBy Claude Godbillon ⓘ
Jacques Vey ⓘ
involves a 1-form defining the foliation ⓘ
a 3-form whose cohomology class is the invariant ⓘ
a connection 1-form ⓘ
isHomotopyInvariant for foliations under suitable conditions ⓘ
isRealValued true ⓘ
namedAfter Claude Godbillon ⓘ
Jacques Vey ⓘ
nontrivialOn Reeb-type foliations ⓘ
certain foliations of the 3-sphere ⓘ
relatedTo Bott–Haefliger cohomology ⓘ
secondary characteristic classes ⓘ
studiedInContextOf ergodic theory of foliations ⓘ
geometric topology of 3-manifolds ⓘ
targetCohomologyGroup third real cohomology group of the manifold ⓘ
usedAs measure of complexity of codimension-one foliations ⓘ
usedToDistinguish foliations with different dynamical complexity ⓘ
non-cobordant foliations ⓘ
valueType real number ⓘ
yearProposed 1971 ⓘ
zeroFor many simple product foliations ⓘ

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Milnor–Wood inequality → relatedTo → Godbillon–Vey invariant ⓘ
Connes–Moscovici index theorem → involves → Godbillon–Vey class ⓘ
linked to: Godbillon–Vey invariant
Godbillon–Vey invariant → hasGeneralization → Godbillon–Vey class for higher codimension in some settings ⓘ
linked to: Godbillon–Vey invariant