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stiefelWhitney -- Compute the Stiefel-Whitney classes of a small cover

Synopsis

Usage:

stiefelWhitney(N)
Inputs:
- N, a small cover,
Outputs:
- a list,

Description

Compute the Stiefel-Whitney classes of a small cover. The output is a list of elements in the cohomology ring of N.

See also

cohomologyRing -- Compute the cohomology ring of a small cover or quasi-toric manifold

Ways to use stiefelWhitney :

stiefelWhitney(SmallCover)

For the programmer

The object stiefelWhitney is a method function.