Displaying similar documents to “Relative differential K -characters.”

On 2-distributions in 8-dimensional vector bundles over 8-complexes

Martin Čadek, Jiří Vanžura (1996)

Colloquium Mathematicae

Similarity:

It is shown that the ℤ 2 -index of a 2-distribution in an 8-dimensional spin vector bundle over an 8-complex is independent of the 2-distribution. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of 2-distributions in such vector bundles are given in terms of characteristic classes and a certain secondary cohomology operation. In some cases this operation is computed.

The Vietoris system in strong shape and strong homology

Bernd Günther (1992)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

Similarity:

We show that the Vietoris system of a space is isomorphic to a strong expansion of that space in the Steenrod homotopy category, and from this we derive a simple description of strong homology. It is proved that in ZFC strong homology does not have compact supports, and that enforcing compact supports by taking limits leads to a homology functor that does not factor over the strong shape category. For compact Hausdorff spaces strong homology is proved to be isomorphic to Massey's homology. ...

On 4-fields and 4-distributions in 8-dimensional vector bundles over 8-complexes

Martin Čadek, Jiří Vanžura (1998)

Colloquium Mathematicae

Similarity:

Let ξ be an oriented 8-dimensional spin vector bundle over an 8-complex. In this paper we give necessary and sufficient conditions for ξ to have 4 linearly independent sections or to be a sum of two 4-dimensional spin vector bundles, in terms of characteristic classes and higher order cohomology operations. On closed connected spin smooth 8-manifolds these operations can be computed.

Seiberg-Witten Theory

Jürgen Eichhorn, Thomas Friedrich (1997)

Banach Center Publications

Similarity:

We give an introduction into and exposition of Seiberg-Witten theory.

Natural transformations between T²₁T*M and T*T²₁M

Miroslav Doupovec (1991)

Annales Polonici Mathematici

Similarity:

We determine all natural transformations T²₁T*→ T*T²₁ where T k r M = J 0 r ( ℝ k , M ) . We also give a geometric characterization of the canonical isomorphism ψ₂ defined by Cantrijn et al.