Manifolds with Odd Euler Characteristic and Higher Orientability

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNY154MaRDI QIDQ5015576zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Renee S. Hoekzema

Publication date 9 December 2021

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.06607

zbMATH Keywords

\(k\)-orientable manifoldPoincaré complexStiefel-Whitney classesWu class

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Steenrod algebra (55S10) Algebraic topology on manifolds and differential topology (57R19) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20)

Abstract: It is well-known that odd-dimensional manifolds have Euler characteristic zero. Furthemore orientable manifolds have an even Euler characteristic unless the dimension is a multiple of $4$. We prove here a generalisation of these statements: a $k$-orientable manifold (or more generally Poincar'e complex) has even Euler characteristic unless the dimension is a multiple of $2^{k+1}$, where we call a manifold $k$-orientable if the $i^{th}$ Stiefel-Whitney class vanishes for all $0<i<2^k$ ($kgeq0$). More generally, we show that for a $k$-orientable manifold the Wu classes $v_l$ vanish for all $l$ that are not a multiple of $2^k$. For $k=0,1,2,3$, $k$-orientable manifolds with odd Euler characteristic exist in all dimensions $2^{k+1}m$, but whether there exist a 4-orientable manifold with an odd Euler characteristic is an open question.

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