Smooth simplicial sets and universal Chern-Weil for infinite dimensional groups

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Main Author: Savelyev, Yasha
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contents We give the construction of the universal, natural up to homotopy Chern-Weil differential graded algebra homomorphism: $$cw: \mathcal{I} (G) \to Ω^{\bullet } (BG, \mathbb{R})$$ for infinite dimensional Milnor regular Lie groups $G$, where $Ω^{\bullet}(BG, \mathbb{R})$ is a certain de Rham algebra of $BG$ (Milnor $BG$ up to a natural weak homotopy equivalence) and where $\mathcal{I} (G)$ is the algebra of continuous, $Ad _{G}$ invariant, symmetric multilinear functionals on the Lie algebra. In particular, this applies to the group of compactly generated Hamiltonian symplectomorphisms, using which we verify a conjecture of Reznikov. For the construction of $cw$ we introduce a basic geometric-categorical notion of a smooth simplicial set. Loosely, this is to Chen spaces as simplicial sets are to spaces. We then give a new construction of the classifying space of $G$ as a smooth Kan complex, with the geometric realization weakly equivalent to the Milnor $BG$.
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spellingShingle Smooth simplicial sets and universal Chern-Weil for infinite dimensional groups
Savelyev, Yasha
Algebraic Topology
Differential Geometry
Symplectic Geometry
We give the construction of the universal, natural up to homotopy Chern-Weil differential graded algebra homomorphism: $$cw: \mathcal{I} (G) \to Ω^{\bullet } (BG, \mathbb{R})$$ for infinite dimensional Milnor regular Lie groups $G$, where $Ω^{\bullet}(BG, \mathbb{R})$ is a certain de Rham algebra of $BG$ (Milnor $BG$ up to a natural weak homotopy equivalence) and where $\mathcal{I} (G)$ is the algebra of continuous, $Ad _{G}$ invariant, symmetric multilinear functionals on the Lie algebra. In particular, this applies to the group of compactly generated Hamiltonian symplectomorphisms, using which we verify a conjecture of Reznikov. For the construction of $cw$ we introduce a basic geometric-categorical notion of a smooth simplicial set. Loosely, this is to Chen spaces as simplicial sets are to spaces. We then give a new construction of the classifying space of $G$ as a smooth Kan complex, with the geometric realization weakly equivalent to the Milnor $BG$.
title Smooth simplicial sets and universal Chern-Weil for infinite dimensional groups
topic Algebraic Topology
Differential Geometry
Symplectic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.13272