Algebraic independence of topological Pontryagin classes

DOI10.1515/CRELLE-2023-0051MaRDI QIDQ6137564zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Søren Galatius, Oscar Randal-Williams

Publication date 4 September 2023

Published in Journal für die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.11507

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Spaces with indefinite inner product (Kre?n spaces, Pontryagin spaces, etc.) (46C20) Local cohomology and algebraic geometry (14B15)

Abstract: We show that the topological Pontryagin classes are algebraically independent in the rationalised cohomology of BTop(d) for all $dgeq4$.

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