Non-immersion theorems for the Grassmann manifolds \({\tilde G}_{2,n}\) and \(G_{2,n}\) (Q2367859)

Let \(\widetilde{G}_{2,n}\) be the Grassmann manifold of oriented 2- planes in \(\mathbb{R}^{n+2}\) and let \(\alpha(\ell)\) denote the number of 1's in the dyadic expansion of \(\ell\). Denote also by \(\not\rightarrow\) the affirmation ``does not immerse in''. The author uses a result of \textit{H. B. Lawson jun.} and \textit{M. L. Michelsohn} [J. Differ. Geom. 15, 237-267 (1980; Zbl 0469.57022)] to prove the following theorem. Let \(n>2\) be even, \(M^{2n}=G_{2,n}\). Then: (i) \(n=4\ell\), \(\alpha(\ell)\equiv 0\), \(1\pmod 4\Rightarrow M^{8\ell}\not\rightarrow R^{16\ell- 2\alpha(\ell)-3}\), \(\alpha(\ell)\equiv 2\pmod 4\Rightarrow M^{8\ell} \not\rightarrow R^{16\ell- 2\alpha(\ell)-5}\), \(\alpha(\ell)\equiv 3\pmod 4\Rightarrow M^{8\ell} \not\rightarrow R^{16\ell- 2\alpha(\ell)-4}\), (ii) \(n=4\ell+2\), \(\alpha(\ell)\equiv 0\), \(3\pmod 4\Rightarrow M^{8\ell+4} \not\rightarrow R^{16\ell-2\alpha (\ell)+3}\), \(\alpha(\ell)\equiv 1\pmod 4\Rightarrow M^{8\ell+4} \not\rightarrow R^{16\ell- 2\alpha(\ell)+1}\), \(\alpha(\ell)\equiv 2\pmod 4\Rightarrow M^{8\ell+4} \not\rightarrow R^{16\ell- 2\alpha(\ell)+2}\).