Birational invariance of higher Todd genera

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Let MM be a smooth projective variety, let π\pi be a group, and let f:M→Bπf:M\to B\pi be a continuous map. For α∈H∗(Bπ;Q)\alpha\in H^*(B\pi;\mathbb{Q}), let Td⁡(M)\operatorname{Td}(M) denote the Todd class of MM and let [M][M] be its fundamental class. Birational invariance of higher Todd genera. The number

⟨f∗(α)∪Td⁡(M),[M]⟩\left\langle f^*(\alpha)\cup \operatorname{Td}(M),[M]\right\rangle

is a birational invariant. The paper notes that the topological fundamental group is a birational invariant and says that Rosenberg established the claim for many groups; it then states that resolution of singularities and the Baum–Fulton–MacPherson Riemann–Roch theorem prove it in general.

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Jonathan Block and Shmuel Weinberger, “Higher Todd classes and holomorphic group actions”, arXiv:math/0511305 (2005).

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