On Gelfand and MacPherson's combinatorial formula for Pontrjagin classes
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Publication:6415552
arXiv2210.16903MaRDI QIDQ6415552FDOQ6415552
Authors: Olakunle S. Abawonse, Laura Anderson 
Publication date: 30 October 2022
Abstract: In 1992 Gelfand and MacPherson gave a local and combinatorial formula for the Pontrjagin classes of a differential manifold. We give an expanded version of their discussion and highlight the origins of combinatorial differential manifolds in their work.
Oriented matroids in discrete geometry (52C40) Combinatorial aspects of matroids and geometric lattices (05B35) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Homology of classifying spaces and characteristic classes in algebraic topology (55R40)
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