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The 6 pages that link to Characteristic class, each with the reason it gives.

• Vector bundleRelated: Characteristic classes detect global features that local trivializations cannot reveal.

• Atiyah–Singer index theoremRelated: Characteristic classes turn geometric data into the integrals appearing in index formulas.

• John MilnorRelated: Characteristic classes provide invariants central to Milnor’s work on bundles and manifolds.