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Invariance of Pontrjagin classes for Bott manifolds

Algebraic Topology 2015-05-27 v1

Abstract

A Bott manifold is the total space of some iterated CP1\mathbb C P^1-bundle over a point. We prove that any graded ring isomorphism between the cohomology rings of two Bott manifolds preserves their Pontrjagin classes. Moreover, we prove that such an isomorphism is induced from a diffeomorphism if the Bott manifolds are Z/2\mathbb Z/2-trivial, where a Bott manifold is called Z/2\mathbb Z/2-trivial if its cohomology ring with Z/2\mathbb Z/2-coefficient is isomorphic to that of a product of CP1\mathbb C P^1's.

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@article{arxiv.1401.0893,
  title  = {Invariance of Pontrjagin classes for Bott manifolds},
  author = {Suyoung Choi and Mikiya Masuda and Satoshi Murai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.0893},
  year   = {2015}
}