On the foliated products of class \(C^ 1\). (English) Zbl 0701.57012

Tsuboi, Takashi

Ann. Math. (2) 130, No. 2, 227-271 (1989).

Let \(Diff^ 1_ c({\mathbb{R}}^ n)\) denote the group of \(C^ 1\)- diffeomorphisms on \({\mathbb{R}}^ n\) with compact support. It is shown that the homotopy fiber of the natural map from the classifying space of \(Diff^ 1_ c({\mathbb{R}}^ n)\) with the discrete topology to that of \(Diff^ 1_ c({\mathbb{R}}^ n)\) with the \(C^ 1\)-topology is acyclic. This homotopy fiber is the classifying space for the \(C^ 1\)-foliated \({\mathbb{R}}^ n\)-products with compact support. As a corollary Haefliger’s classifying space for \(\Gamma\) \({}_ n\)-structures of class \(C^ 1\) with trivialized normal bundles is contractible. This implies that any subbundle of the tangent bundle of a manifold is homotopic to the tangent bundle of a foliation of class \(C^ 1\). The results should be contrasted with the fact that for higher differentiability classes this homotopy fiber has a non-trivial cohomology.

Reviewer: A.Kriegl

MSC:

57R32	Classifying spaces for foliations; Gelfand-Fuks cohomology
55R35	Classifying spaces of groups and \(H\)-spaces in algebraic topology
58D05	Groups of diffeomorphisms and homeomorphisms as manifolds

Keywords:

C\({}^ 1\)-diffeomorphisms; classifying space; \(\Gamma _ n\)-structures; normal bundles