Euler class and complete intersections (Q675796)

Among other things, the authors consider the following question: Let \(A\) be a noetherian ring with \(\dim A=n\). Let \(I\subseteq A[t]\) be an ideal such that \(\dim A [t]/I=1\). Let \(P\) be a projective \(A\)-module of rank \(n\). Suppose \(f:P\to I(0)\) is a surjective map. Assume that there exists a surjection \(\varphi:P[t]/IP[t]\to I/I^2\) such that \(\varphi(0)=f\bmod I(0)^2\). Does there exist a surjection \(\psi:P[t]\to I\) such that \(\psi\) lifts \(\varphi\) and \(\psi(0)=f\)? This question has been answered in the affirmative in the case when \(I\) contains a monic polynomial and \(n\geq 3\) by \textit{S. Mandal} [J. Algebr. Geom. 1, No. 4, 639-646 (1992; Zbl 0796.14011)]. Bhatwadekar, Mohan Kumar and Srinivas (unpublished) have shown that the answer to the above question is negative in general. In their counterexample the ring \(A\) is normal but not regular. One expects that the answer to the above question is ``yes'' if \(A\) is regular and \(\dim A\geq 3\). In the paper under review, the authors point out the connection between the above question and a group to evaluate Euler classes and they answer a particular case of the above question in the affirmative.