Degrees of maps between Grassmann manifolds
Algebraic Topology
2008-05-06 v1
Abstract
Let be any continuous map between any two distinct complex Grassmann manifolds of the same dimension where the target is not the complex projective space. We show that, for any given , the degree of is zero provided that are sufficiently large. If the degree of is , we show that and is a homotopy equivalence. Also, we prove that the image under of elements of a set of algebra generators of is determined upto a sign, , if the degree of is non-zero. Our proofs cover the case of quaternionic Grassmann manifolds as well.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0805.0509,
title = {Degrees of maps between Grassmann manifolds},
author = {Parameswaran Sankaran and Swagata Sarkar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.0509},
year = {2008}
}
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21 pages,no figures