Haefliger–Thurston homological conjecture for diffeomorphism groups

Let MM be an nn-manifold, and let BDiffcr(M)δ\mathrm{BDiff}_c^{r}(M)^{\delta} denote the classifying space of the discrete group of compactly supported CrC^r diffeomorphisms, while BDiffcr(M)\mathrm{BDiff}^r_c(M) denotes the classifying space of the corresponding topological group. Haefliger–Thurston's conjecture. The map

η ⁣:BDiffcr(M)δBDiffcr(M)\eta\colon \mathrm{BDiff}_c^{r}(M)^{\delta}\to \mathrm{BDiff}^r_c(M)

induces an isomorphism on homology in degrees less than n+1n+1 and a surjection on homology in degree n+1n+1. By the Mather–Thurston theorem, this is equivalent to the associated bundle-theoretic formulation of the Haefliger–Thurston conjecture; the source gives no resolution status.

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Sam Nariman, “Foliations and diffeomorphism groups”, arXiv:2401.04047 (2024).

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