A combinatorial formula for the Pontrjagin classes
Israel M. Gelfand, Robert D. MacPherson
Abstract
A combinatorial formula for the Pontrjagin classes of a triangulated manifold is given. The main ingredients are oriented matroid theory and a modified formulation of Chern-Weil theory.
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