Some remarks on stable almost complex structures on manifolds

MaRDI QIDQ6271654zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Huijun Yang

Publication date 19 March 2016

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric applications of topological (K)-theory (19L64) General geometric structures on manifolds (almost complex, almost product structures, etc.) (53C15) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

Abstract: Let $X$ be an $(8k+i)$-dimensional pathwise connected $CW$-complex with $i=1$ or $2$ and $kge0$, $xi$ be a real vector bundle over $X$. Suppose that $xi$ admits a stable complex structure over the $8k$-skeleton of $X$. Then we get that $xi$ admits a stable complex structure over $X$ if the Steenrod square ${\displaystyle }$mathrm{Sq}^{2}colon H^{8k-1}(X;mathbb{Z}/2) ightarrow H^{8k+1}(X;mathbb{Z}/2)${\displaystyle }$ is surjective. As an application, let $M$ be a $10$-dimensional manifold with no $2$-torsion in $H_i(M;mathbbZ)$ for $i=1,2,3$, and no $3$-torsion in $H_1(M;mathbbZ)$. Suppose that the Steenrod square ${\displaystyle }$mathrm{Sq}^{2}colon H^{7}(M;mathbb{Z}/2) ightarrow H^{9}(M;mathbb{Z}/2)${\displaystyle }$ is surjective. Then the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a stable almost complex structure on $M$ are given in terms of the cohomology ring and characteristic classes of $M$.

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