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Daniel Asimov
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The current situation of the Godbillon-Vey invariant conjecture

Suppose we have a 3 manifold $M$ with a codimension-1 foliation tangent to $\alpha=0$ for a 1-form $\alpha$. Then $\alpha \wedge d\alpha =0$, and $\exists$ a 1-form $\beta $ with $d\alpha =\alpha \wedge \beta$. The Godbillon-Vey invariant of the foliation is defined as the cohomology class of $\beta \wedge d\beta$. This class is independent of the choices made, at least up to sign.

The conjecture about this invariant is the following:

Conjecture: The Godbillon-Vey invariant is a topological invariant. That is, two topologically equivalent foliations have the same Godbillon-Vey class.

What are some updates on this conjecture?

Ali Taghavi
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