Characteristic forms and geometric invariants

DOI10.2307/1971013zbMath0283.53036OpenAlexW2079324547WikidataQ55881411 ScholiaQ55881411MaRDI QIDQ1844460

James Simons, Shiing-shen Chern

Publication date: 1974

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/2c58ec96da220d20b0891fdff59157f7cf3e3585

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Embeddings in differential topology (57R40)

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