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Fivebrane bordism $\Omega_d^{\mathrm{Fivebrane}}$
$\newcommand{\Fr}{\mathrm{Fr}}\newcommand{\Fivebrane}{\mathrm{Fivebrane}}\newcommand{\String}{\mathrm{String}}\DeclareMathOperator\Spin{Spin}\DeclareMathOperator\SO{SO}\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}$What ...
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Impossibility of realizing codimension 1 homology classes by embedded non-orientable hypersurfaces
Suppose we have an $n+1$-dimensional compact closed oriented manifold $M$ and an $n$-dimensional integral homology class $[\Sigma]\in H_n(M,\mathbb{Z})$ on $M.$ Then is it true that $[\Sigma]$ mod $2$ ...
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Integral homology classes that can be represented by immersed submanifolds but not embedded submanifolds
Let $M$ be an $m$-dimensional compact closed smooth manifold and $z\in H_n(M,\mathbb{Z})$ an $n$-dimensional integral homology class, with $m>n.$ Does there exist a pair of $M$ and $z$ so that $z$ ...
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Realizing integral homology classes on non-orientable manifolds by embedded orientable submanifolds
Let $M^m$ denote a compact, non-orientable smooth manifold and $\nu$ an integral homology class of dimension $n$. I am interested in understanding the representability of $\nu$ by embedded, orientable ...
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Representing some odd multiples of integral homology classes by embedded submanifolds
Consider an $m$-dimensional compact closed orientable smooth manifold $M$ and an $n$-dimensional integral homology class $[\Sigma]$ on $M$, with $1 \le n \le m-1$. Then does there exist an odd integer ...
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Dual surfaces of a first cohomology class of a 3-manifold
Let $M$ be closed 3-manifold and $\alpha\in H^1(M;\mathbb Z_2)$ an arbitrary element. (In my case we know that $M$ is non-orientable and $\alpha^3=0$.) It is well known that there is a closed 2-...
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Cohomology of the coned off space
Let $X$ be a compact manifold with boundary $\partial X$ with $
\dim X\setminus \partial X=n$. Moreover, $X$ and $\partial X$ are both aspherical. Then what's the $H^n(X\cup_{\Sigma\subset \partial X} ...
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Oriented cobordism classes represented by rational homology spheres
Any homology sphere is stably parallelizable, hence nullcobordant. However, rational homology spheres need not be nullcobordant, as the example of the Wu manifold shows, which generates $\text{torsion}...
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Complement to a union of spheres in a sphere
Take $S^n$ and consider the union $Z$ of $k_1$ circles, $k_2$ 2-dimensional spheres, ..., $k_{n-2}$ $(n−2)$-dimensional spheres, embedded in $S^n$ in an unknotted way, with no mutual intersection and ...
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Wu formula for manifolds with boundary
The classical Wu formula claims that if $M$ is a smooth closed $n$-manifold with fundamental class $z\in H_n(M;\mathbb{Z}_2)$, then the total Stiefel-Whitney class $w(M)$ is equal to $Sq(v)$, where $v=...
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integral or rational cohomology of real grassmannians
I have obtained that the cohomology rings
$$
H^*(G_k(\mathbb{R}^\infty);\mathbb{Z}_2)=\mathbb{Z}_2[w_1,\cdots,w_k].
$$
Also
$$
H^*(G_k(\mathbb{R}^m);\mathbb{Z}_2)=\mathbb{Z}_2[w_1,\cdots,w_k]/(\bar ...
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Boundary map in Mayer-Vietoris sequence of cohomology
Suppose $M$ is a 3-manifold with connected boundary. Let $T$ be a tangle in $M$, i.e., $T$ is a embedded connected 1-submanifold whose boundary is on $\partial M$ ($T$ is not closed). Moreover, ...
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Alexander duality and homology equivalence
While reading the paper of Kauffman and Taylor "Signature of links" I found the following situation.
In the proof of Theorem 2.6 they suppose that two links $L_1, L_2\in \mathbb{S}^3$ are ...
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References for Stiefel-Whitney class of Stiefel manifolds and Grassmannians
Let $M$ be a manifold. The total Stiefel-Whitney class of $M$ is defined to be the Stiefel-Whitney class of the tangent bundle $TM$
$$
w(M)=1+w_1(TM)+w_2(TM)+\cdots
$$
I want to find references for
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rational cohomology of finite real grassmannian
Let $p_j$ to be the $j$-th Pontryagin class of the universal $n$-plane bundle $E_n(\mathbb{R}^\infty)\to G_n(\mathbb{R}^\infty)$. Then according to Theorem 1.6, The Cohomology of BSO n and BO n with ...
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Clarify formula for Steifel-Whitney (Poincaré dual) homology classes in a barycentric subdivision?
Let $X$ be a triangulated manifold of dimension $n$. Let $[W_{n-p}] \in H_{n-p}(X,\mathbb{Z}_2)$, be the homology class that's Poincaré dual to the $p$-th Stiefel-Whitney class $[w_p] \in H^p(X,\...
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Stiefel-Whitney class of fibre bundles
Let $F,E,B$ be manifolds (we may assume them to be compact, without boundary if necessary) and $$F\to E\to B$$ be a fibre bundle. Suppose $$w(F), w(B),$$ the Stiefel-Whitney class of $F$ and $B$, are ...
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Poincaré dual of the generators of $H^d(\mathbb{RP}^5,\mathbb{Z}_2)$
We know $H^d(\mathbb{RP}^5,\mathbb{Z}_2)=\mathbb{Z}_2$. So there are two classes of $\mathbb{Z}_2$ generators, trivial and nontrivial, for $d=0,1,2,3,4,5$.
Wha are the Poincaré dual $(5-d)$-...
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positions of a methane molecule with carbon atom at the origin
Let $\text{CH}_4$ be the molecule of Methane:
The four hydrogen atoms form vertices of a regular tetrahedron with the carbon atom in the center of the regular tetrahedron.
Here we regard all atoms to ...
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A conjecture of Cheeger about intersection cohomology and $L^2$- cohomology
Let $X$ be a projective variety and let $D$ be a simple normal
crossings divisor on $X$
Does $$IH^*(X;\mathbb C)\cong H_{(2)}^*(X\setminus D;\mathbb C)$$ hold
true for each Kähler metric on $...
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Is there a good definition of (topological) K-Theory over arbitrary spaces?
Hi
(this is my very first question here, so please don't hurt me...)
for some time now i've been looking for a sufficiently aesthetical definition of (topological) K-theory of arbitrary spaces, yet ...
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cohomology module of unit tangent vector bundles over spheres
Let $S^m$ be the $m$-sphere and $\tau (S^m)$ the sphere bundle consisting of unit tangent vectors in the tangent bundle $TS^m$. Then we have a fibration
$$
S^{m-1}\longrightarrow \tau(S^m)\...
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geometric conditions on maps between manifolds inducing monomorphisms on cohomology
Let $M,N$ be manifolds whose dimensions may be different. Let $f: M\longrightarrow N$ be a smooth map. What geometric conditions on $f$ can we impose such that the induced homomorphism
$$
f^*: H^*(N;\...
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torsion part of the cohomology module of configuration spaces of manifolds
Let $M$ be a manifold and $C_n(M)$ the $n$-th unordered configuration space consisting of unordered $n$-tuples of distinct points in $M$. The mod $p$ homology module, $p$ prime, and the rational ...
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positions of regular cubes in Euclidean space with all its vertices without distinction
Let $P$ be the standard regular cube, centered at the origin of $\mathbb{R}^3$ with all its vertices on the unit sphere.
If the vertices are labelled by $1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8$, then the collection of all ...
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permutation action on cohomology of Stiefel manifolds
Let $V_k(\mathbb{R}^n)$ be Stiefel manifolds.
In the paper The cohomology rings of real Stiefel manifolds with integer coefficients, Martin Čadek, Mamoru Mimura, and Jiří Vanžura, J. Math. Kyoto ...
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cohomology of classifying space of permutation groups
Let $\Sigma_k$ be the permutation group of order $k$.
Let $r: \Sigma_k\to GL(k)$ be the regular representation by permuting the order of the standard basis of $\mathbb{R}^n$.
Let $\rho: B\Sigma_k\...
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kernel of the mod $2$ Bockstein on the first cohomology group
Let $M$ be a path-connected finite $CW$-complex. Suppose the first integral homology group is $H_1(M;\mathbb{Z})= \mathbb{Z}_2^{\oplus r}\oplus A$ where $r\geq 1$ and $A$ is a finite abelian group of ...
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configuration spaces of real projective space
Let $F(\mathbb{R}P^n,k)$ be the $k$-th ordered configuration space on $\mathbb{R}P^n$. In http://arxiv.org/abs/1502.04258, the cohomology ring
$$
H^*(F(\mathbb{R}P^n,k);R)$$
is obtained for any ...
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cohomology ring of configuration spaces
In the paper configuration spaces: applications to Gelfand-Fuks cohomology, by F. Cohen and L. Taylor, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., 1978, theorem 1, I did not find the proof. What method did the author use ...
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mod $p$ homology module of unordered configuration spaces of the projective plane
Let $M$ be a manifold and $k$ be a positive integer. Let $F(M,k)$ be the $k$-th ordered configuration space over $M$, consisting of all ordered $k$-tuples of distinct points in $M$. Let $\Sigma_k$ be ...
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cohomology ring of configuration spaces on $S^2$ and the projective plane
For a manifold $M$ and a positive integer $n$, the unordered configuration space $B(M,n)$ is the space consisting of all unordered collections of $n$ distinct points on $M$. Precisely,
$$
B(M,n)=\{(...
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cohomology ring of the fundamental group of unordered configuration space
From the lecture notes INTRODUCTION TO CONFIGURATION SPACES AND THEIR
APPLICATIONS, p. 18, I find:
Os it possible to derive the cohomology ring $H^*(Conf(S,k)/\Sigma_k;\mathbb{Z}_2)$ from the above ...
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cohomology ring of compact submanifolds of Euclidean spaces
Suppose we have a compact $m$-dimensional submanifold $M$ of $\mathbb{R}^N$ and we want to know the cohomology ring $H^*(M;\mathbb{Z})$.
Let $\epsilon>0$ and a $m$-dimensional finite simplicial ...
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configuration space of Riemannian manifolds with a parameter on the distance of distinct points
Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold. For any $\epsilon\geq 0$, we define the $k$-th ($k=1,2,\cdots$) "$\epsilon$-configuration space" as
$$
F(M,k,\epsilon)=\{(x_1,\cdots,x_k)\in M^k\mid d(x_i, x_j)>\...
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Functors with Mayer-Vietoris Sequences
Let $F$ be a contravariant functor from some category of spaces (e.g. smooth manifolds or (compact?) topological Hausdorff spaces), to Abelian groups. Assume that for any open sets $U, V \subseteq X$ ...
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Cohomological dimension of a group acting on a cellular complex
Let $G$ be a group acting on $X$, $X$ a cellular complex and $cd(G)$ the cohomological dimension of $G$.
2 things:
(1) I'm looking for a reference (or proof!) of this:
Suppose $X$ is acyclic. Then $...
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