A REMARK ON THE STABLE REAL FORMS OF COMPLEX VECTOR BUNDLES OVER MANIFOLDS
2017 ◽
Vol 96
(1)
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pp. 69-76
Keyword(s):
Let$M$be an$n$-dimensional closed oriented smooth manifold with$n\equiv 4\;\text{mod}\;8$, and$\unicode[STIX]{x1D702}$be a complex vector bundle over$M$. We determine the final obstruction for$\unicode[STIX]{x1D702}$to admit a stable real form in terms of the characteristic classes of$M$and$\unicode[STIX]{x1D702}$. As an application, we obtain the criteria to determine which complex vector bundles over a simply connected four-dimensional manifold admit a stable real form.