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

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 quasitoric manifold

Ways to use stiefelWhitney:

stiefelWhitney(SmallCover)

For the programmer

The object stiefelWhitney is a method function.

The source of this document is in /build/macaulay2-88fgJW/macaulay2-1.25.11+ds/M2/Macaulay2/packages/ToricTopology.m2:651:0.