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On the Configuration Spaces of Grassmannian Manifolds

Sandro Manfredini, Simona Settepanella (2014)

Annales de la faculté des sciences de Toulouse Mathématiques

Let h i ( k , n ) be the i -th ordered configuration space of all distinct points H 1 , ... , H h in the Grassmannian G r ( k , n ) of k -dimensional subspaces of n , whose sum is a subspace of dimension i . We prove that h i ( k , n ) is (when non empty) a complex submanifold of G r ( k , n ) h of dimension i ( n - i ) + h k ( i - k ) and its fundamental group is trivial if i = m i n ( n , h k ) , h k n and n > 2 and equal to the braid group of the sphere P ...

On the connectivity of finite subset spaces

Jacob Mostovoy, Rustam Sadykov (2012)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

We prove that the space e x p k S m + 1 of nonempty subsets of cardinality at most k in a bouquet of m+1-dimensional spheres is (m+k-2)-connected. This, as shown by Tuffley, implies that the space e x p k X is (m+k-2)-connected for any m-connected cell complex X.

On the existence of 2-fields in 8-dimensional vector bundles over 8-complexes

Martin Čadek, Jiří Vanžura (1995)

Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of two linearly independent sections in an 8-dimensional spin vector bundle over a CW-complex of the same dimension are given in terms of characteristic classes and a certain secondary cohomology operation. In some cases this operation is computed.

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