Real Johnson-Wilson theories and non-immersions of projective spaces
Posted on:2011-05-31
Degree:Ph.D
Type:Dissertation
University:The Johns Hopkins University
Candidate:Banerjee, Romie
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GTID:1440390002964473
Subject:Mathematics
Abstract/Summary:
In this paper we compute the second real Johnson-Wilson cohomology ER(2) of the odd-dimensional real projective space RP 16K+9. This enables us to solve certain non-immersion problems of projective spaces using obstructions in ER(2)-cohomology.