On vector bundles for a Morse decomposition of $L\mathbb{C}\mathrm{P}^n$

Authors

  • Iver Ottosen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/math.scand.a-96622

Abstract

We give a description of the negative bundles for the energy integral on the free loop space $L\mathbb{C}\mathrm{P}^n$ in terms of circle vector bundles over projective Stiefel manifolds. We compute the mod $p$ Chern classes of the associated homotopy orbit bundles.

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2017-10-22

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Ottosen, I. (2017). On vector bundles for a Morse decomposition of $L\mathbb{C}\mathrm{P}^n$. MATHEMATICA SCANDINAVICA, 121(2), 186–218. https://doi.org/10.7146/math.scand.a-96622

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