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Main Author: Randal-Williams, Oscar
Format: Preprint
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.11696
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author Randal-Williams, Oscar
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contents We discuss several versions of the Family Signature Theorem: in rational cohomology using ideas of Meyer, in $KO[\tfrac{1}{2}]$-theory using ideas of Sullivan, and finally in symmetric $L$-theory using ideas of Ranicki. Employing recent developments in Grothendieck--Witt theory, we give a quite complete analysis of the resulting invariants. As an application we prove that the signature is multiplicative modulo 4 for fibrations of oriented Poincaré complexes, generalising a result of Hambleton, Korzeniewski and Ranicki, and discuss the multiplicativity of the de Rham invariant.
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spellingShingle The family signature theorem
Randal-Williams, Oscar
Algebraic Topology
19G24, 19G38, 55R10, 57R19, 57R20
We discuss several versions of the Family Signature Theorem: in rational cohomology using ideas of Meyer, in $KO[\tfrac{1}{2}]$-theory using ideas of Sullivan, and finally in symmetric $L$-theory using ideas of Ranicki. Employing recent developments in Grothendieck--Witt theory, we give a quite complete analysis of the resulting invariants. As an application we prove that the signature is multiplicative modulo 4 for fibrations of oriented Poincaré complexes, generalising a result of Hambleton, Korzeniewski and Ranicki, and discuss the multiplicativity of the de Rham invariant.
title The family signature theorem
topic Algebraic Topology
19G24, 19G38, 55R10, 57R19, 57R20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.11696