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SOME NEW IMMERSION RESULTS FOR COMPLEX PROJECTIVE SPACE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2008

Donald M. Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA ([email protected])
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Abstract

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We prove the following two new optimal immersion results for complex projective space. First, if $n\equiv3\,\Mod 8$ but $n\not\equiv3\,\Mod 64$, and $\alpha(n)=7$, then $CP^{n}$ can be immersed in $\mathbb{R}^{4n-14}$. Second, if $n$ is even and $\alpha(n)=3$, then $CP^n$ can be immersed in $\mathbb{R}^{4n-4}$. Here $\alpha(n)$ denotes the number of 1s in the binary expansion of $n$. The first contradicts a result of Crabb, which said that such an immersion does not exist, apparently due to an arithmetical mistake. We combine Crabb's method with that developed by the author and Mahowald.

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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 2008