Three applications of delooping to \(h\)-principles (Q2273263)

In his book [Partial differential relations. Berlin etc.: Springer (1986; Zbl 0651.53001)] \textit{M. Gromov} formulated a very general \(h\)-principle for invariant topological sheaves of smooth functions on manifolds, by which many geometric problems can be reduced to more tractable homotopy-theoretic problems. In the present paper, the author applies the machinery of Gromov to give general conditions under which an \(h\)-principle holds on closed manifolds, and check that these conditions are satisfied in three examples: (i) a homotopical version of Vassiliev's \(h\)-principle, (ii) the contractibility of the space of framed functions, (iii) a version of Mather-Thurston theory.