Janis Lazovskis, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
“Chern classes: Part 3”
In this third and final series of talks exclusively on the Chern classes, we will discuss what the Chern classes say about non-zero and linearly independent sections of vector bundles. Applications and extensions to other fields will be demonstrated. This time we will deviate from Milnor-Stasheff and draw on other sources to get a better appreciation of Chern classes.