Haefliger–Thurston conjecture on the connectivity of diffeomorphism classifying spaces
Haefliger–Thurston conjecture on the connectivity of diffeomorphism classifying spaces
Let be an oriented closed manifold, and let be the group of compactly supported, orientation-preserving diffeomorphisms with the -Whitney topology. Write for the same group with the discrete topology. The identity homomorphism induces
Haefliger–Thurston conjecture. The map is a homology isomorphism in degrees at most and is surjective on homology in degree .
This is the classifying-space formulation of the Haefliger–Thurston conjecture and is related by Mather–Thurston theory to the flatness statement for manifold bundles. The source gives no evidence that the conjecture has been resolved.
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Sam Nariman, “On flat manifold bundles and the connectivity of Haefliger's classifying spaces”, arXiv:2202.00052 (2024).
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