Chern subrings

Kameko, Masaki; Yagita, Nobuaki

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-09-10042-4

Chern subrings
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Abstract:

Let $p$ be an odd prime. We show that for a simply connected semisimple complex linear algebraic group, if its integral homology has $p$-torsion, the Chern classes do not generate the Chow ring of its classifying space.

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