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Degeneracy of 2-Forms and 3-Forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

L. M. Fehér
Affiliation:
Department of Analysis, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary e-mail: lfeher@math-inst.hu
A. Némethi
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University e-mail: nemethi@math.ohio-state.edu
R. Rimányi
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill e-mail: rimanyi@email.unc.edu
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We study some global aspects of differential complex 2-forms and 3-forms on complex manifolds. We compute the cohomology classes represented by the sets of points on a manifold where such a form degenerates in various senses, together with other similar cohomological obstructions. Based on these results and a formula for projective representations, we calculate the degree of the projectivization of certain orbits of the representation ${{\Lambda }^{k}}{{\mathbb{C}}^{n}}$

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2005

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