{
  "id": "math/9204231",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1992-04-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "updated": "1992-04-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "title": "A combinatorial formula for the Pontrjagin classes",
  "authors": [
    "Israel M. Gelfand",
    "Robert D. MacPherson"
  ],
  "comment": "6 pages",
  "journal": "Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) 26 (1992) 304-309",
  "categories": [
    "math.AT",
    "math.GT"
  ],
  "abstract": "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.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1992-04-01T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "pontrjagin classes",
      "combinatorial formula",
      "oriented matroid theory",
      "main ingredients"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article",
      "expository article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "AMS",
      "journal": "Bull. Amer. Math. Soc."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 6,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "1992math......4231G"
    }
  }
}