Milnor Hypersurfaces
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1 Introduction
The Milnor hypersurfaces, denoted , are a family of smooth manifolds that generate (with redundancy) the complex bordism ring.
2 Construction and examples
For fixed natural numbers , is defined as the hypersurface in satisfying the equation , where and are homogeneous coordinates for and respectively.
This equation defines a generic hyperplane intersecting the image of the Segre embeddingThe role of these manifolds in complex bordism is described on the page Complex bordism.
3 Invariants
The signature of the Milnor hypersurfaces is known:
4 References
\leq i \leq j$, $H_{ij}$ is defined as the hypersurface in $\CP^i \times \CP^j$ satisfying the equation $x_0z_0 + ... + x_iz_i = 0$, where $x_k$ and $z_k$ are homogeneous coordinates for $\CP^i$ and $\CP^j$ respectively. This equation defines a generic hyperplane intersecting the image of the [[Wikipedia:Segre_embedding|Segre embedding]] $$\CP^i \times \CP^j$\to\CP^{i+j-1}$$ transversely. The role of these manifolds in complex bordism is described on the page [[Complex bordism#Milnor hypersurfaces|Complex bordism]]. == Invariants ==2 Construction and examples
For fixed natural numbers , is defined as the hypersurface in satisfying the equation , where and are homogeneous coordinates for and respectively.
This equation defines a generic hyperplane intersecting the image of the Segre embeddingThe role of these manifolds in complex bordism is described on the page Complex bordism.
3 Invariants
The signature of the Milnor hypersurfaces is known: