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LetG be the discrete group of orientation preserving diffeomorphisms of the circle. An explicit simplicial formula on the level of the bar construction is given for the Euler Class of a circle bundle with structure groupG. An upper bound for the Euler Class is obtained which, when the base space of the bundle is a closed orientable surface, reduces to that of J. Wood. An invariant of circle bundles, complexity, is defined which “detects” the upper bound.
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Jekel, S.M. A simplicial formula and bound for the Euler class. Israel J. Math. 66, 247–259 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02765896
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02765896