The integral Künneth theorem gives a natural short exact sequence containing tensor and Tor terms. Here all cohomology groups are free abelian, so the Tor terms vanish and the external cup product is a ring isomorphism. Thus
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A rank- vector bundle is -oriented when its fiber groups admit a locally coherent choice of generator. Equivalently, it has a Thom class restricting to that generator on every fiber. The Thom isomorphism theorem states that
The Euler class of a vector bundle is , where is the zero section. The Gysin sequence of a sphere bundle is
Over , the required rings are
as in the cohomology ring of complex projective space and the mod-two cohomology ring of real projective space. By the Künneth theorem, the base has ring .
Let be the underlying real plane bundle of the complex tautological bundle on , and let be the real tautological line bundle on . Under the splitting principle, write the formal Stiefel-Whitney roots of as , so and . Tensoring with adds to each root. Thus the mod-two Euler class of is
For , put . Multiplication by on
has ranks from degrees through . More explicitly, it is injective through degree three; in degree four its kernel is generated by , and all of degrees five and six lie in its kernel. The Gysin sequence therefore yields
for the unit sphere bundle .
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