THE TORSION PONTRYAGIN CLASSES

Abstract

Torsion Pontryagin classes are expressed in terms of the standard characteristic classes of a real n-plane bundle over a paracompact space. The theorem contains three equivalent expressions for these classes.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1961
Accession Number
AD0259876

Entities

People

  • Emery Thomas

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Geometry
  • Mathematics
  • Standards
  • Topology

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Technology Areas

  • Space