Topologically invariant Chern numbers of projective varieties

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2011.10.020MaRDI QIDQ655378zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors D. Kotschick

Publication date 4 January 2012

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.1587

zbMATH Keywords

Chern numberscomplex cobordismHirzebruch problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bordism and cobordism theories and formal group laws in algebraic topology (55N22) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Complex cobordism ((mathrm{U})- and (mathrm{SU})-cobordism) (57R77) Surfaces and higher-dimensional varieties (14J99)

Abstract: We prove that a rational linear combination of Chern numbers is an oriented diffeomorphism invariant of smooth complex projective varieties if and only if it is a linear combination of the Euler and Pontryagin numbers. In dimension at least three we prove that only multiples of the top Chern number, which is the Euler characteristic, are invariant under diffeomorphisms that are not necessarily orientation-preserving. These results solve a long-standing problem of Hirzebruch's. We also determine the linear combinations of Chern numbers that can be bounded in terms of Betti numbers.

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