On approximating submanifolds by algebraic sets and a solution to the Nash conjecture (Q1187479)

From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
On approximating submanifolds by algebraic sets and a solution to the Nash conjecture
scientific article

    Statements

    On approximating submanifolds by algebraic sets and a solution to the Nash conjecture (English)
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    22 July 1992
    0 references
    The authors prove the Nash conjecture on approximation of smooth manifolds by real algebraic sets, and also indicate gaps in the previous attempt to prove this conjecture by \textit{A. Tognoli} [Topology 27, No. 2, 205-210 (1988; Zbl 0664.57010)]. The main result is: any smooth compact submanifold \(M\) of \(\mathbb{R}^ n\) is \(\varepsilon\)-isotopic to a union of connected conponents of a real algebraic subset in \(\mathbb{R}^ n\), and \(M\) is \(\varepsilon\)-isotopic to a nonsingular real algebraic subset in \(\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\), where \(\varepsilon\)-isotopy means an arbitrary small smooth isotopy. The authors announce one more statement: that \(M\) is \(\varepsilon\)-isotopic to a nonsingular algebraic set in \(\mathbb{R}^ n\) if its immersed cobordism class contains an algebraic representative. The proofs consist in a construction of deformations of smooth immersions into algebraic ones.
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    isotopic to a nonsingular algebraic set
    0 references
    Nash conjecture
    0 references
    approximation of smooth manifolds by real algebraic sets
    0 references
    deformations of smooth immersions into algebraic ones
    0 references
    0 references