Abstract
Let ξ be an oriented 8-dimensional spin vector bundle over an 8-complex. Necessary and sufficient conditions for ξ to have 4 linearly independent sections or to be a sum of two 4-dimensional spin vector bundles are given in terms of characteristic classes and higher order cohomology operations. On closed connected spin smooth 8-manifolds these operations can be computed.
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