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Universal spaces for manifolds equipped with a closed integral k-form

Algebraic Topology 2008-05-06 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

In this note we prove that any integral closed k-form ϕk\phi ^k, k3k\ge 3, on a m-dimensional manifold MmM^m, mkm \ge k, is the restriction of a universal closed k-form hkh^k on a universal manifold Ud(m,k)U^{d(m,k)} as a result of an embedding of MmM^m to Ud(m,k)U^{d(m,k)}.

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@article{arxiv.0805.0345,
  title  = {Universal spaces for manifolds equipped with a closed integral k-form},
  author = {Hong-Van Le},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.0345},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

17 pages, extended version of the second part of previously submitted note math.DG/0603182, containing an appendix written in communication with Kaoru Ono