The classical cycle class map for a smooth complex variety sends cycles
in the Chow ring to cycles in the singular cohomology ring. We study
two cycle class maps for smooth real varieties: the map from the
-cohomology
ring to singular cohomology induced by the signature, and a new cycle class map
defined on the Chow–Witt ring. For both maps, we establish compatibility with
pullbacks, pushforwards and cup products. As a first application of these general
results, we show that both cycle class maps are isomorphisms for cellular
varieties.
Keywords
I-cohomology, singular cohomology, Chow–Witt rings, real
realization, real cellular varieties