TY - JOUR

T1 - Cobordisms of finite quadratic forms and gluing oriented manifolds

AU - Ivanov, O. A.

AU - Netsvetaev, N. Yu

PY - 1996/1/1

Y1 - 1996/1/1

N2 - We develop certain discriminant form techniques allowing one to "glue" two integral lattices into a new lattice. In particular, we introduce the notion of fusion of finite forms, which is closely connected with the more familiar notion of cobordism of such forms. We also consider the category of finite forms and their cobordisms. These techniques are used for describing the intersection form of a compact oriented 4k-manifold M obtained by gluing together two manifolds M1 and M2 along one or several boundary components (the intersection forms of M1 and M2 are assumed to be nondegenerate).

AB - We develop certain discriminant form techniques allowing one to "glue" two integral lattices into a new lattice. In particular, we introduce the notion of fusion of finite forms, which is closely connected with the more familiar notion of cobordism of such forms. We also consider the category of finite forms and their cobordisms. These techniques are used for describing the intersection form of a compact oriented 4k-manifold M obtained by gluing together two manifolds M1 and M2 along one or several boundary components (the intersection forms of M1 and M2 are assumed to be nondegenerate).

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=53349109332&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/BF02362422

DO - 10.1007/BF02362422

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:53349109332

VL - 81

SP - 2524

EP - 2534

JO - Journal of Mathematical Sciences

JF - Journal of Mathematical Sciences

SN - 1072-3374

IS - 2

ER -