Geometry in Grassmannians and a generalization of the dilogarithm

DOI10.1016/0001-8708(82)90040-8zbMath0504.57021OpenAlexW2081093620MaRDI QIDQ1836201

Robert MacPherson, Israel M. Gel'fand

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-8708(82)90040-8

zbMATH Keywords

analytic and geometric properties of Grassmann simplices differential forms which generalize the classic dilogarithm functional equation for the dilogarithm polyhedra in the Grassmann manifolds Pontrjagin character forms stable characteristic class for real vector bundles tetrahedral complex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Differential forms in global analysis (58A10) Homogeneous complex manifolds (32M10) Homology and cohomology of homogeneous spaces of Lie groups (57T15) Vanishing theorems (32L20)

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