Cohomological Invariants of a Variation of Flat Connections
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In this paper, we apply the theory of Chern-Cheeger-Simons to construct canonical invariants associated to an r-simplex whose points parametrize flat connections on a smooth manifold X. These invariants lie in degrees (2p − r − 1)-cohomology with C/Z-coefficients, for p > r ≥ 1. This corresponds to a homomorphism on the higher homology groups of the moduli space of flat connections, and taking values in C/Zcohomology of the underlying smooth manifold X.
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