On the construction and topological invariance of the Pontryagin classes

DOI10.1007/S10711-010-9527-2zbMATH Open1204.57029arXiv0901.0819OpenAlexW1973398020MaRDI QIDQ711666FDOQ711666

Authors: Andrew Ranicki, Michael S. Weiss 

Publication date: 27 October 2010

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We use sheaves and algebraic L-theory to construct the rational Pontryagin classes of fiber bundles with fiber R^n. This amounts to an alternative proof of Novikov's theorem on the topological invariance of the rational Pontryagin classes of vector bundles. Transversality arguments and torus tricks are avoided.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.0819

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zbMATH Keywords

signature[https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/w/index.php?title=+Special%3ASearch&search=Poincar%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD+duality&go=Go Poincar�� duality]\(L\)-theorycharacteristic classchain complexPontryagin (Pontrjagin) class

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Surgery obstructions, Wall groups (57R67) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Surgery obstructions ((K)-theoretic aspects) (19J25)

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