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Homotopy invariants in differential geometry

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Tadashi Nagano

Publication: Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society
Publication Year: 1970; Number 100
ISBNs: 978-0-8218-1800-8 (print); 978-0-8218-9890-1 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/memo/0100
MathSciNet review: 0268906

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Table of Contents

Chapters

  • Introduction
  • 1. Thorn forms and Euler forms
  • 2. Connections
  • 3. Grassmann manifolds
  • 4. Outline of Proof
  • 5. Pullback by Exp
  • 6. Conclusion of Proof
  • 7. Localization theorems for the Euler class
  • 8. Some basic concepts from topology
  • 9. The Lefschetz number and localization theorems
  • 10. The Blaschke formula
  • Appendix