## Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series A, Mathematical Sciences

### Chern classes and generators

Masaki Kameko

#### Abstract

We give a simple proof for the fact that certain algebra generators of the $\mathrm{mod}\,2$ cohomology of classifying spaces of exceptional Lie groups are given by Chern classes and Stiefel-Whitney classes of certain representations.

#### Article information

Source
Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci., Volume 88, Number 1 (2012), 21-23.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 30 December 2011

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pja/1325264392

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.3792/pjaa.88.21

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2872211

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1238.55007

#### Citation

Kameko, Masaki. Chern classes and generators. Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci. 88 (2012), no. 1, 21--23. doi:10.3792/pjaa.88.21. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pja/1325264392

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