The generalized Chern conjecture for manifolds that are locally a product of surfaces

DOI10.1016/j.aim.2011.06.022zbMath1226.53034arXiv0902.1215OpenAlexW1979146505WikidataQ123183591 ScholiaQ123183591MaRDI QIDQ639560

Michelle Bucher, Tsachik Gelander

Publication date: 22 September 2011

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.1215

zbMATH Keywords

Euler characteristicaspherical manifoldMilnor-Wood inequalityflat vector bundleHilbert-Blumenthal modular varietyPoincare dual

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

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