Pontryagin classes of locally symmetric manifolds

arxiv: 1404.1115 · v1 · pith:3YTTFL7Ynew · submitted 2014-04-03 · 🧮 math.GT · math.AT· math.RT

Pontryagin classes of locally symmetric manifolds

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In this note we compute low degree rational Pontryagin classes for every closed locally symmetric manifold of noncompact type. In particular, we answer the question: Which locally symmetric M have at least one nonzero Pontryagin class?

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Pontryagin classes of locally symmetric manifolds

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