Aspherical generators of unoriented cobordism
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Abstract:
A new set of indecomposable generators for $M{O_ \ast }$ is constructed, each of which is aspherical. Two adjoint maps are used to define these generators. In the process we find a natural basis for $M{O_\ast }({{\mathbf {Z}}_2})$.References
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- © Copyright 1977 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 66 (1977), 131-137
- MSC: Primary 57D75
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1977-0448373-5
- MathSciNet review: 0448373