TY - JOUR
T1 - Conjugation spaces and equivariant Cheen classes
AU - Pitsch, Wolfgang
AU - Scherer, Jér̂ome
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - Let η be a Real bundle, in the sense of Atiyah, over a space X. This is a complex vector bundle together with an involution which is compatible with complex conjugation. We use the fact that BU has a canonical structure of a conjugation space, as defined by Hausmann, Holm, and Puppe, to construct equivariant Chem classes in certain equivariant cohomology groups of X with twisted integer coefficients. We show that these classes determine the (non-equivariant) Chem classes of η, forgetting the involution on X, and the Stiefel-Whitney classes of the real bundle of fixed points.
AB - Let η be a Real bundle, in the sense of Atiyah, over a space X. This is a complex vector bundle together with an involution which is compatible with complex conjugation. We use the fact that BU has a canonical structure of a conjugation space, as defined by Hausmann, Holm, and Puppe, to construct equivariant Chem classes in certain equivariant cohomology groups of X with twisted integer coefficients. We show that these classes determine the (non-equivariant) Chem classes of η, forgetting the involution on X, and the Stiefel-Whitney classes of the real bundle of fixed points.
KW - Characteristic classes
KW - Conjugation spaces
KW - Equivariant chern classes
M3 - Article
SN - 1370-1444
VL - 20
SP - 77
EP - 90
JO - Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society - Simon Stevin
JF - Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society - Simon Stevin
IS - 1
ER -