 Stiefel–Whitney obstruction to a diagonal projective immersion (source code)

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= Stiefel–Whitney obstruction to a diagonal projective immersion
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For a map $f:\mathbb{RP}^{2k+1}\to\mathbb{CP}^k$ nontrivial on degree-two mod-two <cohomology>, an <immersion> in the <homotopy> class of $(f,f)$ has a rank-$(2k-1)$ <normal bundle> with total <Stiefel–Whitney class> $(1+x)^{2k+2}$. Its forbidden degree-$2k$ <Stiefel–Whitney class> is $(k+1)x^{2k}$, so $k$ must be odd.

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