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Boundedness of Euler classes for volume-preserving diffeomorphism groups

Ascertain whether the Euler classes in H^{2n}(Diff(R^{2n}, vol); R) and H^{2n}(Diff(S^{2n−1}, vol); R) are bounded; specifically, determine if these classes lie in the image of the comparison map from bounded cohomology and therefore admit representatives with uniformly bounded seminorm.

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Background

While the paper proves unboundedness of various characteristic classes for flat bundles in broad settings, classical results show vanishing of the Euler class for certain amenable bases and low-regularity contexts. The boundedness of Euler classes for volume-preserving diffeomorphism groups remains unclear and would bridge dynamics, foliation theory, and bounded cohomology.

This question probes whether the Euler classes associated with volume-preserving diffeomorphisms exhibit bounded behavior in bounded cohomology, contrasting with known unboundedness phenomena in related settings.

References

Question Are the Euler classes in H{2n}(Diff(R{2n}, \mathrm{vol});R) and in H{2n}(Diff(S{2n-1}, \mathrm{vol});R) bounded?

The bounded cohomology of transformation groups of Euclidean spaces and discs (2405.20395 - Fournier-Facio et al., 30 May 2024) in Section 6.2 (Questions)