Characteristic Classes

Milnor, J. W., & Stasheff, J. D. (1974). Characteristic Classes. Princeton University Press.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1974

ISBN

9780691081229

Link

https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17755057Mmatched

Cited by

2 citations across 2 artifacts.

Domain-specific

• Novikov conjecture
  • The entry records a descriptive analytical identity; practical use requires the governing domain's evidence, standards, and safety obligations.
• Orientation character
  • … the nontrivial loop has sign \((-1)^{n+1}\), so the orientation character is trivial when \(n\) is odd and nontrivial when \(n\) is even. to In surgery theory, an orientation character \(w:\pi\to\{\pm1\}\) defines the involution \(g\mapsto w(g)g^{-1}\) on the integral group ring. demonstrates that continuity.

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