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Intuitive explanation for the Atiyah-Singer index theorem
My question is related to the question Explanation for the Chern Character to this question about Todd classes, and to this question about the Atiyah-Singer index theorem.
I'm trying to learn the ...
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Relative Characteristic classes
A pair of vector bundles over a base space $X$ is a pair $(E,F)$ where $E$ is a vector bundle over $X$ and $F$ is a sub-bundle of $E$. Two pairs $(E_{1},F_{1})$ and $(E_{2}, F_{2})$ are ...
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covering map from spheres to projective spaces and the associated vector bundle
Let $S^n$ be the $n$-sphere and consider a $2$-sheeted covering
$$
S^n\longrightarrow\mathbb{R}P^n.
$$
We have an associated vector bundle
$$
\xi: \mathbb{R}^2\longrightarrow S^n\times_{\mathbb{Z}/2}\...