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Divisibility of the top Chern number on an even-dimensional sphere

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Geometry and topology Algebraic topology Topological K-theory Splitting principle for complex vector bundles Chern character Chern character on an even-dimensional sphere is integral
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For a complex vector bundle E→S2n,
⟨cn​(E),[S2n]⟩
(1)
is divisible by (n−1)!. Since the lower Chern classes vanish, the Newton identity gives
chn​(E)=(−1)n+1(n−1)!cn​(E)​,
(2)
and the Chern character on an even-dimensional sphere is integral.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / iii / Paper 142 / 3 / Solution

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