On the groups of inertia of smooth manifolds
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Abstract:
In this paper we study sufficient conditions for a manifold ${M^n}$ to have $I({M^n}) = \{ 0\}$. We also prove that if ${M^n}$ is a smooth manifold of dimension $n,n \equiv 2\pmod 8$, with ${w_2}({M^n}) \ne 0$, then $I({M^n}) \ne 0$.References
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- © Copyright 1973 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 40 (1973), 629-634
- MSC: Primary 57D80; Secondary 57D60
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1973-0339231-1
- MathSciNet review: 0339231