Simple homotopy invariance of higher signatures

2008/08/21 by Renyi Ma, Ma, Renyi
Mathematics · #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0808.2859

Abstract

We prove that the higher signature for any close oriented manifold is a simple-homotopy invariant.

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