M.W.Hirsch Differential topology.
Springer-Verlag, 1976.
Catalog Description:
DeRahm and Cech cohomology; deRahm Theorem; Grassmannians; Stiefel-Whitney, Euler, Chern, and Pontryagin classes; Gysin sequence, Thom isomorphism; characteristic numbers, multiplicative sequences, Hirzebruch signature theorem; Chern-Weil Theory.
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