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On the Euler characteristic mod 2 of real projective varieties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Zbigniew Szafraniec
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, University of Gdańsk, 80-952 Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 57, Poland

Extract

Let f1, …, fs: ℝn+1→ℝ be homogeneous polynomials, and let

The Euler characteristic χ(X) is an important topological and geometric invariant of X.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1988

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