Timeline for nowhere vanishing vector field on a manifold
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| Nov 25, 2010 at 16:27 | comment | added | Noz | I agree that Stiefel-Whitney classes in general are designed for far more general problem. However in my answer I only talked about the first Stiefel-Whitney class which, correct me if I'm wrong, is specifically designed to address the orientability of vector bundle and is easily defined. | |
| Nov 25, 2010 at 16:04 | comment | added | Ryan Budney | Stiefel-Whitney classes are designed for a more general question than the one you ask -- the issue of constructing linearly-independent sections of vector bundles. Your questions have answers that don't need "big machines" like that, but of course they are convieniently answered by big machines. | |
| Nov 25, 2010 at 12:00 | comment | added | Pengfei | It seems that the Stiefel-Whitney class was designed for my question (^-^). All answers here are great! | |
| Nov 25, 2010 at 11:57 | vote | accept | Pengfei | ||
| Nov 25, 2010 at 11:00 | history | answered | Noz | CC BY-SA 2.5 |