Cobordism independence of Grassmann manifolds

Abstract

This note proves that, for $F = \Bbb{R,C}$ or $\Bbb{H}$, the bordism classes of all non-bounding Grassmannian manifolds $G_k(F^{n+k})$, with $k < n$ and having real dimension $d$, constitute a linearly independent set in the unoriented bordism group ${\frak{N}}_d$ regarded as a ${\Bbb{Z}}_2$-vector space.