Non-vanishing complex vector fields and the Euler characteristic

DOI10.1090/S0002-9939-09-09915-8MaRDI QIDQ3395591zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Howard Jacobowitz

Publication date 11 September 2009

Published in Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.0893

zbMATH Keywords

complex vector fieldEuler characteristic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Vector fields, frame fields in differential topology (57R25)

Abstract: The existence of a nowhere zero real vector field implies a well-known restriction on a compact manifold. But all manifolds admit nowhere zero complex vector fields. The relation between these observations is clarified.

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