Asuke, Taro Invariance of the Godbillon-Vey class by \(C^1\)-diffeomorphisms for higher codimensional foliations. (English) Zbl 0931.57021 J. Math. Soc. Japan 51, No. 3, 655-660 (1999). The author shows that the Godbillon-Vey invariant of foliations is invariant by \(C^1\)-diffeomorphisms which preserve the foliations. This is a generalization of former results of G. Raby [Ann. Inst. Fourier 38, No. 1, 205-213 (1988; Zbl 0596.57018)] for codimension-one foliations.The result seems mysterious when compared with the fact that the Godbillon-Vey class can not be defined for foliations of class \(C^1\) [T. Tsuboi, Ann. Math., II. Ser. 130, No. 2, 227-271 (1989; Zbl 0701.57012)]. In the case of codimension one, we can understand the invariance from the fact that \(C^1\)-conjugacy means that the foliations under consideration are almost \(C^2\)-conjugate [E. Ghys and T. Tsuboi, Ann. Inst. Fourier 38, No. 1, 215-244 (1988; Zbl 0633.58018)]. But we do not have any good explanation for the higher codimensional cases. Reviewer: T.Asuke (Hiroshima) Cited in 1 Document MSC: 57R32 Classifying spaces for foliations; Gelfand-Fuks cohomology 57R30 Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory Keywords:\(C^1\)-invariance; secondary characteristic classes Citations:Zbl 0596.57018; Zbl 0701.57012; Zbl 0633.58018; Zbl 0646.57018; Zbl 0647.58034 PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{T. Asuke}, J. Math. Soc. Japan 51, No. 3, 655--660 (1999; Zbl 0931.57021) Full Text: DOI OpenURL