On Gelfand and MacPherson's combinatorial formula for Pontrjagin classes

Authors Olakunle S. Abawonse, Laura Anderson

Publication date 30 October 2022

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)

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.

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