Cross-sections of symplectic Stiefel manifolds

Sigrist, François; Suter, Ulrich

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1973-0326728-8

Cross-sections of symplectic Stiefel manifolds

Authors: François Sigrist and Ulrich Suter
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 184 (1973), 247-259
MSC: Primary 55F10; Secondary 55B15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1973-0326728-8
MathSciNet review: 0326728
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Abstract: The cross-section problem for the symplectic Stiefel manifolds is solved, using the now-proved Adams conjecture.

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