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2003 The cohomology rings of real Stiefel manifolds with integer coefficients
Martin Čadek, Mamoru Mimura, Jiří Vanžura
J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 43(2): 411-428 (2003). DOI: 10.1215/kjm/1250283733

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The aim of this paper is the description of the integral cohomology rings of the real Stiefel manifolds $V_{n,k}$ in terms of generators and relations. The computation is carried out by using the Gysin exact sequence for the sphere bundle $S^{n-k-1} \to V_{n,k+1} \to V_{n,k}$.

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Martin Čadek. Mamoru Mimura. Jiří Vanžura. "The cohomology rings of real Stiefel manifolds with integer coefficients." J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 43 (2) 411 - 428, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1215/kjm/1250283733

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Published: 2003
First available in Project Euclid: 14 August 2009

zbMATH: 1061.55015
MathSciNet: MR2051031
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1215/kjm/1250283733

Subjects:
Primary: 55R40
Secondary: 57T15

Rights: Copyright © 2003 Kyoto University

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