A nowhere-zero section annihilates generalized Euler classes
ID: a-nowhere-zero-section-annihilates-generalized-euler-classes
Normalize the section to the sphere bundle. Scaling it from zero to unit length gives a homotopy within the disk bundle from the zero section to this sphere-valued section. The image of the relative Thom class in absolute cohomology restricts to zero on the sphere bundle. Homotopy invariance therefore makes its zero-section pullback vanish.
// Target: geometry-and-topology.bigb
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