Tangent 2-fields on even-dimensional nonorientable manifolds

Pollina, Benedict J.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1982-0648087-9

Tangent $2$-fields on even-dimensional nonorientable manifolds
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Abstract:

This paper uses the Postnikov decomposition of a nonsimple fibration to describe the obstructions to a tangent $2$-field on an even-dimensional nonorientable manifold.

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