Contact Haefliger–Thurston conjecture

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Let (M,α)(M,\alpha) be a contact manifold of dimension n=2k+1n=2k+1, where α\alpha is a smooth 11-form such that α∧(dα)n\alpha\wedge(d\alpha)^n is a volume form. Let Contc(M,α)\mathrm{Cont}_c(M,\alpha) be the group of compactly supported, orientation-preserving smooth contactomorphisms, namely smooth diffeomorphisms ff satisfying f∗α=λfαf^*\alpha=\lambda_f\alpha for a positive smooth function λf\lambda_f. Give Contc(M,α)δ\mathrm{Cont}_c(M,\alpha)^\delta the discrete topology. The natural map

BContc(M,α)δ→BContc(M,α)\mathrm{B}\mathrm{Cont}_c(M,\alpha)^\delta\to\mathrm{B}\mathrm{Cont}_c(M,\alpha)

Contact Haefliger–Thurston conjecture. The natural map induces a homology isomorphism through degree nn and a surjection on homology in degree n+1n+1.

This is the analogue of the Haefliger–Thurston conjecture for foliations with transverse contact structure. The source presents it as a formulation motivated by the vanishing range of continuous Lie algebra cohomology for formal contact vector fields, and gives no resolution.

References

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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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