Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4587369 Journal of Algebra 2009 36 Pages PDF
Abstract

In this paper, we establish an isomorphism between the Euler class group E(R(X),L) for a real smooth affine variety X=Spec(A) and the 0-th homology group H0(Mc;G) with local coefficients in a bundle G of groups constructed from the line bundle L over M corresponding to the orientation rank-1 projective module L, where Mc is the compact part of the manifold M of real points in X. Then by Steenrod's Poincaré duality between homology and cohomology groups with local coefficients, this isomorphism is identified with the Whitney class homomorphism.

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