 Whitney product formula for Euler classes (source code)

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= Whitney product formula for Euler classes
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{title2=$e(E\oplus F)=e(E)\smile e(F)$}

For oriented real vector bundles $E$ and $F$, the ordered direct-sum orientation satisfies
$$
e(E\oplus F)=e(E)\smile e(F).
$$
The formula follows because the <Thom class> of the direct sum is the fiberwise exterior product of the two Thom classes.

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