New immersions of Grassmann manifolds (Q1016751)

The author proves the following theorem: Let \(G_{2,4m+5}\;(m=2^{i-2}-2, i\geq 4)\) be the \((8m+10)\)-dimensional Grassmann manifold of 2--planes in Euclidean \((4m+7)\)-space. Then, \(G_{2,4m+5}\) can be immersed into Euclidean \((16m+15)\)-space. This result for \(i=4,5\) improves the immersibility given by the immersion conjecture. The method used is the classical obstruction theory associated with a modified Postnikov tower for \(BO(8m+5)\to BO\).