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The current situation of Godbilon Vey invariant conjecture

Let we have a 3 manifold $M$ with a codimension 1 foliation tangent to $\alpha=0$ for a 1 form $\alpha$. Then $\alpha \wedge d\alpha =0$ then $\exists \beta $ with $d\alpha =\alpha \wedge \beta$. The Godbilon Vey invariant of the foliation is defined as cohomology class of $\beta \wedge d\beta$.

The conjecture about this invariant is the following:

Conjecture: The Godbilon Vey invariant is a topological invariant.Namely two topological equivalent foliations have the same Godbilon Vey class.

What are some updates on this conjecture?

Ali Taghavi
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