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Topology of Certain Quotient Spaces of Stiefel Manifolds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Samik Basu  and
B. Subhash
Samik Basu
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Vivekananda University, Belur, Howrah 711202, West Bengal, India. e-mail: samik.basu2@gmail.com
B. Subhash
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati, Mangalam, Tirupati -517507, Andra Pradesh, India. e-mail: subhash02@gmail.com
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Abstract

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We compute the cohomology of the right generalised projective Stiefel manifolds. Following this, we discuss some easy applications of the computations to the ranks of complementary bundles and bounds on the span and immersibility.

Keywords

55R2055R2557R20projective Stiefel manifoldspanspectral sequence
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 60 , Issue 2 , 01 June 2017 , pp. 235 - 245
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2017

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