The generalized Chern conjecture for manifolds that are locally a product of surfaces

DOI10.1016/j.aim.2011.06.022zbMath1226.53034arXiv0902.1215WikidataQ123183591 ScholiaQ123183591MaRDI QIDQ639560

Michelle Bucher, Tsachik Gelander

Publication date: 22 September 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.1215

zbMATH Keywords

Euler characteristic; aspherical manifold; Milnor-Wood inequality; flat vector bundle; Hilbert-Blumenthal modular variety; Poincare dual

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

57R20: Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology

53C20: Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching

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