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Query: Invariants of families of flat connections using fiber integration of
  differential characters   Let $E\to B$ be a smooth vector bundle of rank $n$, and let $P \in
I^p(GL(n,\mathbb{R}))$ be a $GL(n,\mathbb{R})$-invariant polynomial of degree
$p$ compatible with a universal integral characteristic class $ u \in
H^{2p}(BGL(n,\mathbb{R}),\mathbb{Z})$. Cheeger-Simons theory associates a rigid
invariant in $H^{2p-1}(B,\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z})$ to any flat connection on this
bundle. Generalizing this result, Jaya Iyer (\textit{Letters in Mathematical
Physics}, 2016, 106 (1) pp. 131-146) constructed maps $H_r(\mathcal{D}(E)) \to
H^{2p-r-1}(B,\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z})$ for $p>r+1$ where $\mathcal{D}(E)$ is the
simplicial set of relatively flat connections, thereby associating invariants
to families of flat connections. In this article we construct such maps for the
cases $p<r$ and $p>r+1$ using fiber integration of differential characters. We
find that for $p>r+1$ case, the invariants constructed here coincide with those
obtained by Jaya Iyer, and that in the $p<r$ case the invariants are trivial.
We further compare our construction with other results in the literature.

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