Essential manifolds with extra structures

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Abstract: We consider classes of algebraic manifolds mathcalA, of symplectic manifolds mathcalS, of symplectic manifolds with the hard Lefschetz property mathcalHS and the class of cohomologically symplectic manifolds mathcalCS. For every class of manifolds mathcalC we denote by mathcalEC(pi,n) a subclass of n-dimensional essential manifolds with fundamental group pi. In this paper we prove that for all the above classes with symplectically aspherical form the condition mathcalEC(pi,2n)eemptyset implies that mathcalEC(pi,2n−2)eemptyset for every n>2. Also we prove that all the inclusions mathcalEAsubsetmathcalEHSsubsetmathcalESsubsetmathcalECS are proper.


A closed, connected, orientable \(n\)-manifold \(M\) with fundamental group \(\pi\) is \textit{essential}, if there is a classifying map \(f: M\rightarrow K(\pi ,1)\) into the \((n-1)\)-skeleton of \(K(\pi ,1)\). This is the case if and only if the induced homomorphism \(f_* : H_n (M)\rightarrow H_n (K(\pi ,1))\) is non-trivial. \(M\) is \textit{rationally essential}, if a classifying map induces a nontrivial homomorphism \(f_* : H_n (M;\mathbb{Q})\rightarrow H_n (K(\pi ,1);\mathbb{Q})\).NEWLINENEWLINEFor a class \(\mathcal{C}\) of manifolds, \(\mathcal{EC}\) denotes the subclass of \(\mathcal{C}\) consisting of rationally essential manifolds, and \(\mathcal{C}(\pi ,n)\) denotes a subclass of \(\mathcal{C}\) consisting of \(n\)-dimensional manifolds with fundamental group \(\pi\). Let \(\mathcal{A}\), \(\mathcal{HS}\), \(\mathcal{S}\), \(\mathcal{CS}\) denote the class of algebraic, symplectic manifolds with the hard Lefschetz property, symplectic manifolds, and cohomologically symplectic manifolds, respectively. The author considers the question: For which groups \(\pi\) and values \(n\) is \(\mathcal{EC}(\pi ,n)\) non-empty?NEWLINENEWLINEDranishnikov and Rudyak conjectured that if \(\mathcal{C}\) is one of the first three classes and \(n>2\), then the condition \(\mathcal{EC}(\pi ,n)\neq \emptyset\) implies that \(\mathcal{EC}(\pi ,n-2)\neq \emptyset\).NEWLINENEWLINEThe author proves the weaker conjecture for all the above classes with symplectically aspherical \(2\)-form. Furthermore he proves that all inclusions \(\mathcal{EA}\subset \mathcal{EHS}\subset \mathcal{ES}\subset \mathcal{ECS}\) are proper.



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