On the existence of 2-fields in 8-dimensional vector bundles over 8-complexes
Čadek, Martin ; Vanžura, Jiří
Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae, Tome 36 (1995), p. 377-394 / Harvested from Czech Digital Mathematics Library
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Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of two linearly independent sections in an 8-dimensional spin vector bundle over a CW-complex of the same dimension are given in terms of characteristic classes and a certain secondary cohomology operation. In some cases this operation is computed.

Publié le : 1995-01-01
Classification:  55R25,  57R22,  57R25 
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Čadek, Martin; Vanžura, Jiří. On the existence of 2-fields in 8-dimensional vector bundles over 8-complexes. Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae, Tome 36 (1995) pp. 377-394. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/118764/

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