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 Title: On sectioning multiples of the nontrivial line bundle over Grassmannians  (English) Author: Horanská, Ľubomíra Language: English Journal: Proceedings of the 17th Winter School "Geometry and Physics" Volume: Issue: 1997 Year: Pages: [59]-64 . Category: math . Summary: Let $G_{n,k}$ ($\widetilde {G}_{n,k}$) denote the Grassmann manifold of linear $k$-spaces (resp. oriented $k$-spaces) in ${\Bbb R}^{n}$, $d_{n,k} = k(n-k) = \text {dim} G_{n,k}$ and suppose $n \geq 2k$. As an easy consequence of the Steenrod obstruction theory, one sees that $(d_{n,k}+1)$-fold Whitney sum $(d_{n,k}+1)\xi_{n,k}$ of the nontrivial line bundle $\xi_{n,k}$ over $G_{n,k}$ always has a nowhere vanishing section. The author deals with the following question: What is the least $s$ ($= s_{n,k}$) such that the vector bundle $s\xi_{n,k}$ admits a nowhere vanishing section ? Obviously, $s_{n,k} \leq d_{n,k}+1$, and for the special case in which $k=1$, it is known that $s_{n,1} = d_{n,1}+1$. Using results of {\it J. Korba\v{s}} and {\it P. Sankaran} [Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Math. Sci. 101, No. 2, 111-120 (1991; Zbl 0745.55003)], {\it S. Gitler} and {\it D. Handel} [Topology 7, 39-46 (1968; Zbl 0166.19405)] and the Dai-Lam level of $\widetilde {G}_{n,k}$ with ! MSC: 55R10 MSC: 55R25 MSC: 55S40 MSC: 57R22 MSC: 57R25 idZBL: Zbl 0930.55008 idMR: MR1662726 . Date available: 2009-07-13T21:39:36Z Last updated: 2012-09-18 Stable URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/701615 .

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