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stiefelWhitney -- compute the Stiefel-Whitney classes of a small cover

Description

Compute the Stiefel-Whitney classes of a small cover. The output is a list of elements in the cohomology ring of N.

i1 : stiefelWhitney realProjectiveSpace 2

             2
o1 = {1, c, c }

o1 : List
i2 : stiefelWhitney realProjectiveSpace 3

o2 = {1, 0, 0, 0}

o2 : List
i3 : stiefelWhitney hessenbergVariety 2

o3 = {1, c + d, 0}

o3 : List

See also

Ways to use stiefelWhitney:

  • stiefelWhitney(SmallCover)

For the programmer

The object stiefelWhitney is a method function.


The source of this document is in ToricTopology/Documentation.m2:287:0.