Algebraic independence of topological Pontryagin classes

Abstract

We show that the topological Pontryagin classes are algebraically independent in the rationalised cohomology of BTop(d) for all $d\ge 4$.

arXiv comment17 pages, final accepted version

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• Some finiteness results for groups of automorphisms of manifolds
• Dalian notes on rational Pontryagin classes

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• The family signature theorem