Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4667882 | Advances in Mathematics | 2007 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
The existence of bivariant Chern classes was conjectured by W. Fulton and R. MacPherson and proved by J.-P. Brasselet for cellular morphisms of analytic varieties. However, its uniqueness has been unsolved since then. In this paper we show that restricted to morphisms whose target varieties are possibly singular but (rational) homology manifolds (such as orbifolds), the bivariant Chern classes (with rational coefficients) are uniquely determined. We also discuss some related results and problems.
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