Almost complex structures on spheres
Almost complex structures on spheres
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球体上几乎复杂的结构
DOI:
10.1016/j.difgeo.2017.10.010
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2017
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通讯作者:
M. Parton
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作者:
Panagiotis Konstantis;M. Parton
In this paper we review the well-known fact that the only spheres admitting an almost complex structure are S 2 and S 6. The proof described here uses characteristic classes and the Bott periodicity theorem in topological K-theory. This paper originates from the talk “Almost Complex Structures on Spheres” given by the second author at the MAM1 workshop “(Non)-existence of complex structures on S 6”, held in Marburg from March 27th to March 30th, 2017. It is a review paper, and as such no result is intended to be original. We tried to produce a clear, motivated and as much as possible self-contained exposition.