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Chern-Simons theory and cohomological invariants of representation varieties

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We prove a general local rigidity theorem for pull-backs of homogeneous forms on reductive symmetric spaces under representations of discrete groups. One application of the theorem is that the volume of a closed manifold locally modelled on a reductive homogeneous space $G/H$ is constant under deformation of the $G/H$-structure. The proof elaborates on an argument given by Labourie for closed anti-de Sitter $3$-manifolds. The core of the work is a reinterpretation of old results of Cartan, Chevalley and Borel, showing that the algebra of $G$-invariant forms on $G/H$ is generated by ``Chern--Weil forms'' and ``Chern--Simons forms''.
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hal-04212880 , version 1 (20-09-2023)

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Nicolas Tholozan. Chern-Simons theory and cohomological invariants of representation varieties. 2023. ⟨hal-04212880⟩
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