Topological manifolds and real algebraic geometry

Alberto Tognoli

Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana (2003)

  • Volume: 6-B, Issue: 3, page 545-555
  • ISSN: 0392-4041

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We study the problem of approximating, up to homotopy, compact topological manifolds by real algebraic varieties. As a consequence, we realize any integral non-degenerate quadratic form as the intersection form of a real algebraic variety. This is related to a well-known result, due to Freedman [F], on the topology of closed simply-connected topological 4 -manifolds.

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Tognoli, Alberto. "Topological manifolds and real algebraic geometry." Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana 6-B.3 (2003): 545-555. <http://eudml.org/doc/194830>.

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