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A dilogarithmic formula for the Cheeger–Chern–Simons class
Dupont, Johan1 ; Zickert, Christian2
1 Department of Mathematics, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Århus, Denmark
2 Department of Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Geometry & topology, Tome 10 (2006) no. 3, pp. 1347-1372.

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We present a simplification of Neumann’s formula for the universal Cheeger–Chern–Simons class of the second Chern polynomial. Our approach is completely algebraic, and the final formula can be applied directly on a homology class in the bar complex.

DOI : 10.2140/gt.2006.10.1347
Keywords: Extended Bloch group, Cheeger–Chern–Simons class

Dupont, Johan 1 ; Zickert, Christian 2

1 Department of Mathematics, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Århus, Denmark
2 Department of Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA 
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Dupont, Johan; Zickert, Christian. A dilogarithmic formula for the Cheeger–Chern–Simons class. Geometry & topology, Tome 10 (2006) no. 3, pp. 1347-1372. doi : 10.2140/gt.2006.10.1347. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.2140/gt.2006.10.1347/

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