Monod's comparison-map conjecture for semisimple Lie groups

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Let GG be a connected semisimple Lie group with finite center. Write Hcb∙(G;R)H^\bullet_{\mathrm{cb}}(G;\mathbb{R}) for continuous bounded cohomology and Hc∙(G;R)H^\bullet_{\mathrm{c}}(G;\mathbb{R}) for continuous cohomology. Monod's conjecture. The natural comparison map

Hcb∙(G;R)→Hc∙(G;R)H^\bullet_{\mathrm{cb}}(G;\mathbb{R}) \to H^\bullet_{\mathrm{c}}(G;\mathbb{R})

is an isomorphism in all degrees. Surjectivity is known in many cases, while injectivity has only been established in the degrees and cases described in the source; the conjecture remains open in general. It predicts that the bounded cohomological dimension equals the dimension of the symmetric space associated to GG, and is therefore positive and finite.

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Andreas Ott, “Transgression in bounded cohomology and a conjecture of Monod”, arXiv:1811.07558 (2018).

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