Fixed points of boundary-preserving maps of surfaces

DOI10.2140/PJM.1993.158.243MaRDI QIDQ1314973zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Brian J. Sanderson, Robert F. Brown

Publication date 1 March 1994

Published in Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2140/pjm.1993.158.243

zbMATH Keywords

boundary- preserving mapboundary-Weckencompact 2-manifold with nonempty boundaryfixed point behaviorrelative Nielsen numbertransversalityWecken property

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fixed-point and coincidence theorems (topological aspects) (54H25) Fixed points and coincidences in algebraic topology (55M20)

Review text

Let \(X\) be a compact 2-manifold with nonempty boundary \(\partial X\). Given a boundary-preserving map \(f: (X,\partial X)\to (X,\partial X)\), let \(MF_ \partial [f]\) denote the minimum number of fixed points of all boundary-preserving maps homotopic to \(f\) as maps of pairs and let \(N_ \partial(f)\) be the relative Nielsen number of \(f\) in the sense of \textit{H. Schirmer} [ibid. 122, 459-473 (1986; Zbl 0553.55001)]. Call \(X\) boundary-Wecken, bW, if \(MF_ \partial [f]= N_ \partial(f)\) for all boundary-preserving maps of \(X\), almost bW if \(MF_ \partial [f]-N_ \partial (f)\) is bounded for all such \(f\), and totally non-bW otherwise. We show that if the Euler characteristic of \(X\) is non-negative, then \(X\) is bW. On the other hand, except for a relatively small number of cases, we demonstrate that the 2-manifolds of negative Euler characteristic are totally non-bW. For one of the remaining cases, the pants surface \(P\), we use techniques of transversality theory to examine the fixed point behavior of boundary-preserving maps of \(P\), and show that \(P\) is almost bW.

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• Fixed points of boundary-preserving maps on punctured projective planes
• The boundary-Wecken classification of surfaces
• Critical points of invariant functions on closed orientable surfaces
• Wecken property for coincidences of boundary-preserving maps between surfaces
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• Fixed points and graph images for minimal maps on the once punctured torus

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