Characteristic classes of Grassmannian bundles (Q1064587)

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Characteristic classes of Grassmannian bundles
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    Characteristic classes of Grassmannian bundles (English)
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    The author examines characteristic classes of Grassmann foliations (not: bundles!) and computes the codimension of the space of those characteristic classes which are always zero when applied to the particular class of foliations - a subclass of homogeneous foliations. It is shown, by the way, that the complex bordism classes of Grassmann manifolds are linearly independent.
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    characteristic classes of Grassmann foliations
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    homogeneous foliations
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    complex bordism classes of Grassmann manifolds
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