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A combinatorial formula for the Pontrjagin classes

Israel M. Gelfand, Robert D. MacPherson

Published 1992-04-01Version 1

A combinatorial formula for the Pontrjagin classes of a triangulated manifold is given. The main ingredients are oriented matroid theory and a modified formulation of Chern-Weil theory.

Comments: 6 pages
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) 26 (1992) 304-309
Categories: math.AT, math.GT
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