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Vanishing of reduced cohomology with A_0 coefficients

Determine whether, for each degree d, every cocycle \beta \in C^d(\mathfrak{g}; A_0), where A_0 = {f \in C^{\infty,\infty}(Y_0) : \int_{Y_0} f\, d\mu = 0}, is a reduced coboundary in C^d(\mathfrak{g}; A_0). Equivalently, ascertain whether the reduced cohomology \overline{H}^d(\mathfrak{g}; A_0) vanishes.

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Background

The paper introduces two coefficient modules: A = C{\infty,\infty}(Y_0), an algebra of smooth G–equivariant functions on Y_0, and L = (L2(\mu))\infty, the smooth part of L2(\mu) under the G–action. For mean-zero submodules A_0 and L_0, Lemma 5.4 shows \overline{H}n(\mathfrak{g}; L_0) = 0, i.e., mean-zero cocycles with L-coefficients are reduced coboundaries. It remains unknown if the same vanishing holds with A_0-coefficients, reflecting subtle differences between A and L and the topologies involved.

References

Let A_0 := {f\in A\mid \int_{Y_0} fd \mu = 0}. Then Lemma~\ref{lem:vanishing2} shows that any cocycle \beta\in Cd(\mathfrak{g};A_0) vanishes in \overline{H}d(\mathfrak{g};L_0); it is unclear whether \beta also vanishes in \overline{H}d(\mathfrak{g};A_0), and the relationship between A_0 and L_0 is subtle.

Ergodic maps and the cohomology of nilpotent Lie groups (2405.18598 - Antonelli et al., 28 May 2024) in Remark (Section 5: Amenable averages and the vanishing lemma)