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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 be a principal bundle over a manifold of dimension . If , then we prove that every differential 4-form representing the first Pontrjagin class of is the Pontrjagin form of some connection on .
References:
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- M. Gromov, Partial Differential Relations, Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete 3. Folge Band 9. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986. MR 90a:58201
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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
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2003,
American Mathematical Society
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