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Possible Euler characteristics of manifolds with tangential structures
Let $p:B\to BO$ be a fibration. We say that a manifold has a $B$-structure if its stable tangent bundle lifts to $B$. I am interested in the question of whether there exists, for a given even ...
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Finding inverses of certain elements in the set of normal invariants of a smooth manifold
Let, $V$ denote the Stiefel manifold of 2-frames $V_{10,2}$ . Consider the the map $S_\text{diff} (V) \xrightarrow{\eta} N_\text{diff} (V) $ in the surgery exact sequence of a smooth manifold. . ...
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Being a product - from homology to topology
The famous Kunneth formula expresses the homology of a product manifold as the tensor product of the two algebras.
Now suppose we know that a manifold $X$ has a decomposition $H_*(X) \simeq A \otimes ...