Non-embeddability of manifolds into projective spaces
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 0987.57012
author: Yoshiyuki Kuramoto
author: Takashi Murata
author: Tsutomu Yasui
publication date: 2002-06-27T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57R40
zbMATH DE Number: 1679668
zbMATH Keywords: Stiefel-Whitney classes
zbMATH Keywords: embedding
MaRDI profile type: Publication
title: Non-embeddability of manifolds into projective spaces
published in: Mathematics Journal of Toyama University
review text: The following theorem is proved. For each \(n\) there exists an \(n\)-dimensional compact manifold \(M\), and a map \(f\) of \(M\) into the \((2n-1)\)-dimensional real projective space \(P^{2n-1}\), such that \(f\) is not homotopic to an embedding.
reviewed by: K. H. Mayer
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1679668