Fold cobordism groups of Morse functions on surfaces with boundary (Q2027505)

The author considers Morse functions on compact manifolds, possibly with boundary, and defines their fold cobordism groups based on generic fold maps into the plane. The main result of the paper determines the fold cobordism groups of Morse functions on surfaces with boundary and it is contained in Theorems 1.1 and 1.2: 1) The fold cobordism group \(b\mathcal{F}_2\) of Morse functions on manifolds with boundary of dimension two is a cyclic group of order two. 2) The admissible fold cobordism group \(\mathcal{U}\mathcal{F}_2\) of Morse functions on manifolds with boundary of dimension two is isomorphic to \(\mathbb{Z} \oplus\mathbb{Z} \oplus\mathbb{Z}_2\). Other papers by the author directly connected to this subject are [\textit{O. Saeki} and \textit{T. Yamamoto}, Algebr. Geom. Topol. 16, No. 3, 1379--1402 (2016; Zbl 1360.57034); Physica A 446, 272--305 (2016; Zbl 1400.82150)].