Non-vanishing complex vector fields and the Euler characteristic

DOI10.1090/S0002-9939-09-09915-8zbMATH Open1176.57029arXiv0901.0893OpenAlexW2101344392MaRDI QIDQ3395591FDOQ3395591

Authors: Howard Jacobowitz 

Publication date: 11 September 2009

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

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.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

Euler characteristiccomplex vector field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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