Coincidences and secondary Nielsen numbers (Q497973)

Let \(f_1,f_2:X^m\to Y^n\) be maps between smooth connected manifolds of dimensions \(m\) and \(n\) where \(m=2n-2\). The author addresses the question of when \(f_1,f_2\) can be deformed by homotopies until they are coincidence free. In this case the pair \((f_1,f_2)\) is said to be free. The author [J. Reine Angew. Math. 598, 211--236 (2006; Zbl 1107.55002)] introduced a Nielsen coincidence number \(N(f_1,f_2)\) which allowed to decide this question in case \(m<n-2\). Here, he sketches he construction of a ``secondary Nielsen number'' \(\text{Sec}N(f_1,f_2)\) as a non-negative integer depending only on the homotopy classes of \(f_1\) and \(f_2\) and he announces a proof of the following result: Let \(X,Y,m\), and \(n\) be as above with \(n\not=2\) even and \(Y\) simply connected, then \((f_1,f_2)\) is loose iff \(N(f_1,F_2)\) as well as \(\text{Sec}N(f_1,f_2)\) vanish.