A combinatorial Chern-Weil theorem for 2-plane bundles with even Euler characteristics

DOI10.1007/BF02937295zbMath0723.57018MaRDI QIDQ756789

Ethan D. Bloch

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Israel Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

surfacetriangulationsEuler class2-plane bundleclassifying mapscombinatorial Chern-Weil classcombinatorial Gauss map

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Integral geometry (53C65)

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