Realizing homology classes up to cobordism (Q1687150)

Let \(M^n\) be a closed smooth manifold and \(\alpha \in H_k(M; \mathbb Z/2)\). Let \(\mathcal F\) be a class of smooth maps. A pair \((M, \alpha)\) is defined to be realizable if there exist a closed manifold \(V\) and a map \(f : V \to M\) such that \(f\in \mathcal F\) and \(f^*[V]\) is Poincaré dual to \(\alpha\). The authors prove that every pair \((M,\alpha)\) is realizable by immersions up to cobordism. On the other hand, the authors consider a certain class \(\mathcal F\) of stratified manifolds with multi-singularities, the so-called \(\tau\)-maps, and prove that there are pairs \((M,\alpha)\) that are not \(\mathcal F\)-realizable up to cobordism.