On nontrivial characteristic classes of contact foliations
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Abstract:
In this article we give some nontrivial realizations of secondary characteristic classes of contact foliations.References
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- © Copyright 1979 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 75 (1979), 131-138
- MSC: Primary 57R30; Secondary 57R20
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1979-0529229-8
- MathSciNet review: 529229