We show that coefficients of residue formulas for characteristic numbers associated to a smooth toral action on a manifold can be taken in a quotient field This yields canonical identities over the integers and, reducing modulo two, residue formulas for Stiefel Whitney numbers.
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Francisco Gómez Ruiz. On residue formulas for characteristic numbers. Banach Center Publications, Tome 86 (2009) pp. 187-192. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-bc85-0-13/