The Stiefel-Whitney classes of moment-angle manifolds are trivial

2021/10/12 by Sho Hasui, Hasui, Sho, Daisuke Kishimoto +3
Mathematics · #Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics #Geometry and complex manifolds #Geometric and Algebraic Topology

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2110.06358

Abstract

We prove that the Stiefel-Whitney classes of a moment-angle manifold, not necessarily smooth, are trivial. We also consider Stiefel-Whitney classes of the partial quotient of a moment-angle manifold.

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