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arxiv: 0805.0509 · v1 · submitted 2008-05-05 · 🧮 math.AT

Degrees of maps between Grassmann manifolds

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keywords degreegrassmannmanifoldscomplexalgebracasecontinuouscover
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Let $f:G_{n,k}\longrightarrow G_{m,l}$ be any continuous map between any two distinct complex Grassmann manifolds of the same dimension where the target is not the complex projective space. We show that, for any given $k,l$, the degree of $f$ is zero provided that $m,n$ are sufficiently large. If the degree of $f$ is $\pm 1$, we show that $(m,l)=(n,k)$ and $f$ is a homotopy equivalence. Also, we prove that the image under $f^*$ of elements of a set of algebra generators of $H^*(G_{m,l};\mathbb{Q})$ is determined upto a sign, $\pm$, if the degree of $f$ is non-zero. Our proofs cover the case of quaternionic Grassmann manifolds as well.

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