## Kyoto Journal of Mathematics

### $KO$-theory of exceptional flag manifolds

#### Abstract

The $KO$-theory of the flag manifold $G/T$ is determined by calculating the Atiyah–Hirzebruch spectral sequence when $G$ is one of the exceptional Lie groups $G_{2}$, $F_{4}$, $E_{6}$, where $T$ is a maximal torus of $G$.

#### Article information

Source
Kyoto J. Math., Volume 53, Number 3 (2013), 673-692.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 19 August 2013

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.kjm/1376917629

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/21562261-2265923

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3102565

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1277.55002

#### Citation

Kishimoto, Daisuke; Ohsita, Akihiro. $KO$ -theory of exceptional flag manifolds. Kyoto J. Math. 53 (2013), no. 3, 673--692. doi:10.1215/21562261-2265923. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.kjm/1376917629

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