On Gelfand and MacPherson's combinatorial formula for Pontrjagin classes
Algebraic Topology
2022-11-01 v1 Combinatorics
Differential Geometry
Abstract
In 1992 Gelfand and MacPherson gave a local and combinatorial formula for the Pontrjagin classes of a differential manifold. We give an expanded version of their discussion and highlight the origins of combinatorial differential manifolds in their work.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2210.16903,
title = {On Gelfand and MacPherson's combinatorial formula for Pontrjagin classes},
author = {Olakunle Abawonse and Laura Anderson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.16903},
year = {2022}
}
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35 pages, 9 figures