We exhibit a group of type F whose second cohomology contains a weakly bounded, but not bounded, class. As an application, we disprove a long-standing conjecture of Gromov about bounded primitives of differential forms on universal covers of closed manifolds.

Weakly bounded cohomology classes and a counterexample to a conjecture of Gromov

Ascari, Dario;Milizia, Francesco
2024

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We exhibit a group of type F whose second cohomology contains a weakly bounded, but not bounded, class. As an application, we disprove a long-standing conjecture of Gromov about bounded primitives of differential forms on universal covers of closed manifolds.
2024
Settore MAT/03 - Geometria
Settore MATH-02/B - Geometria
group theory; geometric group theory; bounded cohomology
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