Chern-Simons invariants of reductive homogeneous spaces
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Abstract:
The geometric characteristic classes of Chern-Simons are computed for certain connections on the canonical bundle and tangent bundle over a reductive homogeneous space. This includes globally symmetric spaces with the Levi-Civita connection of any bi-invariant metric.References
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- © Copyright 1977 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 227 (1977), 141-164
- MSC: Primary 57D20; Secondary 53C30
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1977-0448364-9
- MathSciNet review: 0448364