A combinatorial criterion for the vanishing of Pontryagin classes

DOI10.1016/0166-8641(93)90137-3zbMath0839.57019OpenAlexW1994237477MaRDI QIDQ1313948

Hiroshi Morimoto

Publication date: 4 June 1996

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-8641(93)90137-3

zbMATH Keywords

manifoldcellular decompositionPontryagin classes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General topology of complexes (57Q05) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Connections (general theory) (53C05)

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