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Group Actions on Flag Manifolds and Cobordism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

P. Sankaran  and
K. Varadarajan
P. Sankaran
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, SPIC Science Foundation, 92 G.N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar, Madras 600017, India
K. Varadarajan
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4
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Abstract

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In this paper we show that any (respectively α є Ωm) can be represented by a closed smooth (respectively closed, oriented smooth) manifold Mm admitting a smooth (Z/2)m (respectively S1)-action with a finite stationary set. We also completely determine the Grassman manifolds which are oriented boundaries as well as those which represent non-torsion elements in Ω*.

Keywords

57R7557R85(Oriented) cobordismstationary setPontrjagin numbers
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , 01 June 1993 , pp. 650 - 661
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1993

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