Topologically invariant Chern numbers of projective varieties

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2011.10.020zbMATH Open1244.57048arXiv0903.1587OpenAlexW2091549712MaRDI QIDQ655378FDOQ655378

Authors: D. Kotschick 

Publication date: 4 January 2012

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

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.

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

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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)

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