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Liviu Nicolaescu
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Your guess is correct. (The exponent should be $k+1$, even when the base is a point.) For any smooth fiber bundle

$$ F\hookrightarrow P \stackrel{\pi}{\to} M $$

we have a short exact sequence of vector bundles over $P$

$$ 0\to VTP\to TP \to \pi^* TM\to 0, $$

where $VTP$ denotes the vertical tangent bundle defined as the kernel of the differential of $\pi$. If the bundle is holomorphic then the above is a short exact sequence of complex vector bundles and we deduce

$$ c(TP)= c(VTP)\cdot \pi^* c(TM). $$

This leads to your guess since the classical Euler exact sequence argument shows that

$$ c\bigl(\; V T\mathbb{P}(V)\;\bigr)= \bigl(\; 1+c_1(\gamma^*)\;\bigr)^{k+1}. $$

(Note the exponent is $k+1$.)

Liviu Nicolaescu
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