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Relation between trivial tangent bundle $\Leftrightarrow$ certain characteristic classes of tangent bundle vanish [closed]
We know that
framing structure means the trivialization of tangent bundle of manifold $M$.
string structure means the trivialization of Stiefel-Whitney class $w_1$, $w_2$ and half of the first ...
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Version of pseudo-isotopy $\neq$ isotopy for $(n+1)$-framings
Let $M$ be a closed $n$-manifold and $\varphi$ be a self-diffeomorphisms of $M$.
There is a bordism from $M$ to itself given by $M\times [0,1]$ with the identification $M \cong M \times \{0\}$ induced ...
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"Inclusion" between higher categories of framed bordisms?
Let $\mathrm{Bord}_n$ be the bordism $(\infty, n)$-category of unoriented manifolds.
It can be viewed as an $(\infty, n+1)$-category whose $n+1$-morphisms are equivalences.
If $n$ is large enough, ...
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Turning cocycles in cobordism into an inclusion or a fibering
By the classical Pontryagin-Thom construction, we know that the cobordism group $\Omega^n_U(X)$ is represented by cocyles
$$ M\hookrightarrow X\times \mathbb{R}^{2k}\rightarrow X,$$
where $M$ is a ...
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Geometric interpretation of pairing between bordism and cobordism
In page 448 of these notes, a pairing between bordism and cobordism
$$\langle \ ,\ \rangle: U^m(X)\otimes U_n(X)\rightarrow \Omega^U_{n-m}$$
is defined as follows. Assume $x\in U^m$ is represented by $...
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Generators for unstable cobordism
I am looking for explicit descriptions of generators of some low-dimensional unstable cobordism groups. For example, $\mathbb CP^2$ embeds into $\mathbb R^7$ by a result of Haefliger. Because it has ...
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Do $h$-cobordism groups arise from a 'Thom-like' spectrum?
Not thinking about $h$-cobordism, one usually defines a cobordism between manifolds, realizes it is an equivalence relation, chooses an appropriate class of structured manifolds (framed, unoriented, ...
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Are the symmetric spaces $\operatorname{SU}(n)/{\operatorname{SO}(n)}$ always nontrivial in the bordism rings for $n>2$?
In my recent research, I need to know if the symmetric spaces $\operatorname{SU}(n)/{\operatorname{SO}(n)}$ are always nontrivial in the unoriented and oriented bordism rings for $n>2$. (For the ...
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Oriented bordism in higher dimensions (e.g. $12 \leq d \leq 28$)
The classification of oriented compact smooth manifolds up to oriented cobordism is one
of the landmarks of 20th century topology. The techniques used there form the part of the foundations of ...
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Topological vs smooth (equivariant) bordism group
In Remark 1.31 of this work, it is claimed that "Standard arguments in Pontryagin-Thom theory imply that the relevant smooth and topological G bordism groups are
isomorphic." The adjective &...
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Computation of the 3-dimensional $\mathbb{Z}/m$-equivariant spin cobordism group (with possibly non-empty fixed-point set)?
$\newcommand{\odd}{\mathrm{odd}}\newcommand{\ev}{\mathrm{ev}}$Consider tuples of the form $(Y,\mathfrak{s},\widehat{\sigma})$ where: $Y$ is a closed oriented 3-manifold, $\mathfrak{s}$ is a spin ...
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Prove or disprove that there exists no $G$ structure with its bordism group $\Omega_1^{G} =\mathbb{Z}/N$ for $N>2$
It can be found that there are the following bordism group $\Omega_0^{G}$ at $d=0$ and 1 dimensions by requiring $G$ structure for $d$-manifolds:
$$
\Omega_0^{SO} = \mathbb{Z} , \quad \Omega_1^{SO} = ...
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Thom space, homotopy group and cohomology group
In Thom's 1952 paper, Thom showed that the Thom class, the Stiefel–Whitney classes, and the Steenrod operations were all related. He used these ideas to prove in the 1954 paper Quelques propriétés ...
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Spin bordism group of classifying space $BG$ with a finite Abelian $G$
The spin bordism group for the classifying space $BG$ of group $G$ can be denoted as $\Omega^{Spin}_d(BG)$.
For example, $\Omega^{Spin}_d(pt)$ are computed by Anderson-Brown-Peterson (D. W. Anderson, ...
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Under what condition is a fiber bundle cobordant to the trivial bundle?
Let $E$ be the total space of a fiber bundle with base $B$ and fiber $F$, where $B$ and $F$ are smooth manifolds.
Under what condition is $E$ unoriented cobordant to $B\times F$?
And what happens ...
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