 Bott element (source code)

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= Bott element
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The Bott element is the reduced class of the tautological complex line bundle over $S^2\cong\mathbb{CP}^1$, up to the choice of sign. Its exterior powers generate the reduced K-theory of even-dimensional spheres.

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