\(K\)-theory and immersions of spatial polygon spaces (Q2279811)

Given an \(n\)-tuple \(\ell\) of positive real numbers \(N(\ell)\) denotes the space of oriented \(n\)-gons in \(\mathbb{R}^{3}\) with consecutive sides of the specified lengths. This paper determines the \(K\)-theory of \(N(\ell)\). This is used to obtain non-immersion results for the \(2(n-3)\)-manifold \(N(\ell)\) in Euclidean spaces for several families of \(\ell\). In the course of the paper, the authors determine the total Chern class of the tangent bundle of \(N(\ell)\).