The dual Borel-pairing conjecture for Morita classes

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Assume (p0)∗(μk)=0(p_0)_*(\mu_k)=0, and construct a cycle u∈Z4k+1(GL(2k+3,Z);Q)u\in Z_{4k+1}(\mathrm{GL}(2k+3,\mathbb{Z});\mathbb{Q}) by bounding the relevant abelian cycle in Out F2k+3\mathrm{Out}\,F_{2k+3} and its image in GL(2k+2,Z)\mathrm{GL}(2k+2,\mathbb{Z}). Let β2k+1\beta_{2k+1} denote the Borel regulator class in degree 4k+14k+1. Dual Borel-pairing conjecture. For a suitable choice of uu,

⟨β2k+1,[u]⟩≠0.\langle\beta_{2k+1},[u]\rangle\neq 0.

If true, this would imply that the Morita class μk\mu_k is nonzero; the source discusses a possible verification for k=1k=1, but the conjecture is otherwise open.

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Shigeyuki Morita, Takuya Sakasai and Masaaki Suzuki, “Secondary characteristic classes for subgroups of automorphism groups of free groups”, arXiv:1512.06365 (2016).

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