Rational and homological equivalence for real cycles (Q1114775)

Let X be an algebraic variety over \({\mathbb{R}}\), which is smooth and complete. In 1961 Borel and Haeflinger defined a map from the k- dimensional cycles, \(Z_ k(X)\), to \(H_ k(X({\mathbb{R}}),{\mathbb{Z}}/2{\mathbb{Z}})\) [\textit{A. Borel} and \textit{A. Haefliger}, Bull. Soc. Math. Fr. 89, 461-513 (1961; Zbl 0102.385)]. In this paper the authors study the kernel of this map. Using relations between ``rational equivalence'' and ``bordism'', as well as relating part of \(H_*(X({\mathbb{R}}),{\mathbb{Z}}/2{\mathbb{Z}})\) to the bordism groups of X, they prove that this kernel is \(P_ k(X)+Z_ k^{th}(X)\), where \(P_ k(X)\) denotes the group of k-cycles which are rationally equivalent to zero and \(Z_ k^{th}(X)\) denotes the ``thin cycles'', generated by those subvarieties Y with Y(\({\mathbb{R}})\) not Zariski dense in Y. For \(k=1\) this result had already been proved by \textit{F. Ischebeck} [Géométrie algébrique réelle et formes quadratiques, Journ. S. M. F., Univ. Rennes 1981, Lect. Notes Math. 959, 371-380 (1982; Zbl 0496.14016)].