On a Verdier-type Riemann-Roch for Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson class (Q1296297)

Let \(f:X\rightarrow Y\) be a smooth morphism between compact complex varieties. Let \[ C(X)_*: {\mathcal F}(X) \rightarrow A_*(X) \] denote the Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson transformation from the group \({\mathcal F}(X)\) of constructible functions on \(X\) to the Chow group \(A_*(X)\). The author shows that the Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson transformation commutes with pull-back in the following way: \(C(X)_* \circ f^* = (c(T_f) \cap f^*) \circ C(Y)_*\); here \(c(T_f)\) denotes the total Chern class of the relative tangential bundle \(T_f\). This formula may be viewed as an analogue of a formula in Riemann-Roch theory proved by Verdier. Furthermore, the paper contains an example which shows that the corresponding formula does not hold, if \(f\) is only a local complete intersection morphism. Finally, the author gives a necessary condition and a sufficient condition for the existence of a map \(f^G: A_*(Y) \rightarrow A_*(X)\) such that \(C(X)_* \circ f^* = f^G \circ C(Y)_*\), if \(f\) is an arbitrary morphism.