A classification of complex rank 3 vector bundles on complex projective 5-space

Publication date: 11 January 2023

Abstract: We show that complex rank

3

topological vector bundles on

m a t h b b C P^{5}

are determined by their Chern classes, except in the case that

c_{1} e q u i v 0 p m o d 3

and

c_{2} e q u i v 0 p m o d 3

. To address this case, we produce a universal class in the

t m f_{(3)}

-cohomology of a Thom spectrum related to

B U (3)

, where

t m f_{(3)}

denotes topological modular forms localized at

3

. From this class and orientation data, we construct a

m a t h b b Z / 3

-valued invariant of the bundles of interest and prove that our invariant separates distinct bundles with the same Chern classes.

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