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Connections with prescribed first Pontrjagin form

Author(s): Mahuya Datta
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 355 (2003), 3813-3824.
MSC (2000): Primary 53C05, 53C23, 58J99
Posted: May 15, 2003
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Abstract: Let $P$ be a principal $O(n)$ bundle over a $C^\infty$manifold $M$ of dimension $m$. If $n\geq 5m+4+4\binom{m+1}{4}$, then we prove that every differential 4-form representing the first Pontrjagin class of $P$ is the Pontrjagin form of some connection on $P$.


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Additional Information:

Mahuya Datta
Affiliation: Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Calcutta, 35 P. Barua Sarani, Calcutta 700019, India
Email: mahuyad@hotmail.com

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-03-03311-7
PII: S 0002-9947(03)03311-7
Keywords: Principal bundle, connections, first Pontrjagin form
Received by editor(s): September 26, 2002
Received by editor(s) in revised form: February 14, 2003
Posted: May 15, 2003
Copyright of article: Copyright 2003, American Mathematical Society


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