On an invariant of a smooth manifold
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Publication:3344853
DOI10.1070/RM1984v039n02ABEH003128zbMath0551.57010MaRDI QIDQ3344853
Publication date: 1984
Published in: Russian Mathematical Surveys (Search for Journal in Brave)
curvature formconnection formAtiyah-Patodi-Singer functionalChern-Weil homomorphismsmooth invariantHirzebruch polynomialsprincipal tangent bundle of smooth n-manifoldsecondary characteristic classes of Chern and Simons
Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Connections (general theory) (53C05) Homology of classifying spaces and characteristic classes in algebraic topology (55R40)