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The classification of orientable vector bundles over CW-complexes of small dimension

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

L. M. Woodward
L. M. Woodward
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Durham, Durham
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Synopsis

The classification of orientable vector bundles over CW-complexes of dimension ≦8 is given in terms of characteristic classes using elementary homotopy theoretic methods and relations among characteristic classes.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 92 , Issue 3-4 , 1982 , pp. 175 - 179
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1982

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