Vector fields on spheres

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	Crainic, M.N.
dc.contributor.author	Kosmeijer, B.A.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-08-09T17:00:44Z
dc.date.available	2016-08-09T17:00:44Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/23396
dc.description.abstract	In this thesis we will discuss the problem of finding the maximal number of continuous pointwise linear independent vector fields on spheres in Euclidean space and give a more or less self sustaining determination of this number. We will discuss and prove both the results on the lower limit by Hurwitz and Radon and the results on the upper limit by Adams aswell as the prerequisits to set up the machinery to prove them.
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
dc.format.extent	591954
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	Vector fields on spheres
dc.type.content	Bachelor Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.keywords	vector field, topology, sphere, Adams, K-Theory, algebraic topology, cohomology, homology, Stiefel-Whitney, Chern, Stiefel-Whitney class, Chern class, Chern character, group representation, Hurwitz-Radon, Hurwitz, Radon, fiber bundle, fiber, Čech cocycle
dc.subject.courseuu	Wiskunde