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A Filtration of Unoriented Cobordism

Algebraic Topology 2011-11-28 v1

Abstract

We give a filtration of the unoriented cobordism ring using the infinite symplectic group, with polynomial generators given one at a time. The generating manifolds are also constructed using the cup construction.

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@article{arxiv.1111.5863,
  title  = {A Filtration of Unoriented Cobordism},
  author = {Mehdi Khorami and Mark Mahowald},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.5863},
  year   = {2011}
}