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Complex, contact, Riemannian, pseudo-Riemannian and Finsler geometry, relativity, gauge theory, global analysis.

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Are the stiefel-Whitney classes of the tangent bundle determined by the mod 2 cohomology?

There was a fundamental error in my answer. The error was in misunderstanding the naturality of the $w_i$. $f: L \to N$ inducing an isomorphism in cohomology does not imply anything about the induced …
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Why should I prefer bundles to (surjective) submersions?

It probably won't matter which concept you use due to the theorem of Ehresmann. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehresmann%27s_theorem It states something like most surjective submersions are in fac …
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PDE on manifolds

I am currently in a PDE course where one of the requirements is to present a paper in PDE. I am wondering if anyone can suggest an early (read foundational, first introductory) paper talking about PDE …
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$G_2$ and Geometry

In a recent question Deane Yang mentioned the beautiful Riemannian geometry that comes up when looking at $G_2$. I am wondering if people could expand on the geometry related to the exceptional Lie Gr …
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Categories of Geometry

There are a couple of subtle differences. Some of the concepts are only relevant when talking about geometry from an axiomatic perspective. When one is talking about geometry from an axiomatic perspe …
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