On the Stiefel-Whitney classes of the representations associated with Spin(15)
Algebraic Topology
2009-03-31 v1
Abstract
We determine the Stiefel-Whitney classes of the second exterior representation and the spin representation of Spin(15), which are useful to calculate the mod 2 cohomology of the classifying space of the exceptional Lie group E_8.
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@article{arxiv.0903.4969,
title = {On the Stiefel-Whitney classes of the representations associated with Spin(15)},
author = {Mamoru Mimura and Tetsu Nishimoto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.4969},
year = {2009}
}
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This is the version published by Geometry & Topology Monographs on 14 November 2007