Conjecture on characteristic classes of codimension-p foliations

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Let XX be a manifold as specified in Corollary 2, and let pp be a positive integer. The characteristic classes of codimension-pp foliations on XX are elements of the product cohomology group

H1(X;Z2)×⋯×Hp(X;Z2).H^1(X;\mathbb{Z}_2)\times\dots\times H^p(X;\mathbb{Z}_2).

Characteristic-class conjecture. The characteristic classes of codimension-pp foliations on XX coincide with the elements of

H1(X;Z2)×⋯×Hp(X;Z2).H^1(X;\mathbb{Z}_2)\times\dots\times H^p(X;\mathbb{Z}_2).

The conjecture arises from representing a codimension-pp regular foliation as the intersection of pp regular codimension-one foliations. The source gives no evidence of a proof or disproof, so its resolution remains open.

References

Primary source

Igor Nikolaev, “Ordered abelian groups over a CW complex”, arXiv:math/0104085 (2001).

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