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Nilpotence in the symplectic bordism ring

Algebraic Topology 2014-10-24 v2 Geometric Topology Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We prove a folklore result which gives a sequence of necessary and sufficient conditions for a stably symplectic manifold to define a nilpotent element in the symplectic bordism ring.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1410.3847,
  title  = {Nilpotence in the symplectic bordism ring},
  author = {Justin Noel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.3847},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

The author has been informed that the stated nilpotence condition is folklore. This update reflects that fact and includes a few other minor changes

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