Piecewise linear bundles in the metastable range
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- by Kenneth C. Millett
- Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 216 (1976), 337-350
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1976-0423361-7
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Abstract:
For numerable vector bundles a nonzero section determines a unique trivial line subbundle containing the section and this subbundle is a direct summand of the bundle. The main result, a consequence of concordance-isotopy theory, states that in the metastable range a nonzero section to a piecewise linear ${{\mathbf {R}}^n}$ bundle determines a unique trivial line subbundle and that this is the best possible result. This fact is then compared with the known failure of the summand property below the stable range.References
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- © Copyright 1976 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 216 (1976), 337-350
- MSC: Primary 57C50
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1976-0423361-7
- MathSciNet review: 0423361