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Equivalence of higher torsion invariants

Algebraic Topology 2009-04-30 v1 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We show that the smooth torsion of bundles of manifolds constructed by Dwyer, Weiss, and Williams satisfies the axioms for higher torsion developed by Igusa. As a consequence we obtain that the smooth Dwyer-Weiss-Williams torsion is proportional to the higher torsion of Igusa and Klein.

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@article{arxiv.0904.4684,
  title  = {Equivalence of higher torsion invariants},
  author = {Bernard Badzioch and Wojciech Dorabiala and John R. Klein and Bruce Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.4684},
  year   = {2009}
}

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