Equivariant characteristic classes in the Cartan model

2001/02/01 by Raoul Bott, Loring W. Tu, Bott, Raoul +1
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Topics in Algebra #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Nonlinear Waves and Solitons #math.AT #math.DG #msc:55N25 #msc:55R40 #msc:57R20

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0102001

17 pages. Version 2 corrects typos in Th. 2, proof of Prop. 13, and the description of sections of Ad P

arxiv created 2001/02/06 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

This note shows the compatibility of the differential geometric and the topological formulations of equivariant characteristic classes for a compact connected Lie group action.

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