SIGMA 4 (2008), 035, 10 pages      arXiv:0803.4168      https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2008.035

Relative differential K-characters

Mohamed Maghfoul
Université Ibn Tofaïl, Département de Mathématiques, Kénitra, Maroc

Received November 26, 2007, in final form March 17, 2008; Published online March 28, 2008

Abstract
We define a group of relative differential K-characters associated with a smooth map between two smooth compact manifolds. We show that this group fits into a short exact sequence as in the non-relative case. Some secondary geometric invariants are expressed in this theory.

Key words: geometric K-homology; differential K-characters.

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