Abstract
After the excursion into homotopy theory in the previous chapter, we return now to the differentiable category. Thus in this chapter, in the absence of explicit qualifications, all spaces are smooth manifolds, all maps are smooth maps, and H*(X) denotes the de Rham cohomology.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1982 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Bott, R., Tu, L.W. (1982). Characteristic Classes. In: Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 82. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3951-0_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3951-0_5
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-2815-3
Online ISBN: 978-1-4757-3951-0
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive