Wrinkling of smooth mappings and its applications. I (Q1374779)

Let \(M\) and \(Q\) be smooth manifolds with \(n=\dim (M)\geq \dim(Q) =q\). The authors say that a smooth map \(f:M\to Q\) is wrinkled, if there exist disjoint open subsets \(U_1, \dots, U_m \subset M\) such that \(f|_{M-U}\) \((U=U_1 \cup\cdots \cup U_m)\) is a submersion and \(f\mid U_i\) is a wrinkle, i.e., \(f\mid U_i\) is equivalent to a map \(w(n,q,s): \mathbb{R}^{q-m} \times \mathbb{R}^{n-q} \times \mathbb{R}^m\to \mathbb{R}^{q-m} \times \mathbb{R}^m\) given by the formula \[ (y,x,z) \to \left( y,z^3+3 \left(\sum^{q-1}_{i=1} y^2_i-1 \right)z -\sum^s_{i=1} x^2_ i+ \sum^{n-q}_{j=s+1} x^2_j \right). \] Then they prove the main theorem of the paper. ``Let \(F:T (M)\to T(Q)\) be an epimorphism which covers a smooth map \(f:M\to Q\). Suppose that \(f\) is a submersion on a neighbourhood of a closed subset \(K\) of \(M\), and \(F\) coincides with \(df\) over that neighbourhood. Then there exists a wrinkled map \(g:M\to Q\) which coincides with \(f\) near \(K\) and such that \({\mathcal R} (dg)\) (regularized differential) and \(F\) are homotopic rel. \(T(M) |_K\).'' There are also a parametric version of this theorem and an application to pseudoisotopy theory. The aim of the authors is to apply these techniques, in successive papers, to obtain results about the construction of mappings with prescribed singularities.