Topological bordism of singular spaces and an application to stratified \(\mathrm{L}\)-classes (Q6181130)

Manifold homotopy stratifies sets (MHSS) were introduced by \textit{F. Quinn} [J. Am. Math. Soc. 1, No. 2, 441--499 (1988; Zbl 0655.57010)], as a topological generalisation of stratified spaces. In the paper under review, \(L\)-classes for certain MHSS are defined and it is shown that they are topological (up to homeomorphism) invariants. It should be noted that the homeomorphism is not needed to be stratified. The main idea is the construction of a generalised homology (bordism) theory \(\Omega^{MHSS-Witt}(-,-)\) over pair of spaces such that a 5-gapped, closed, oriented, MHSS Witt-space \(X\) with simple links of dimension \(n\) with dense top-stratum, there is a fundamental class \([X] = [X \to X]\), which is stratified homemorphism invariant. That \(X\) is 5-gaped means that for any two strata that meet their dimensions differ by at least 5. The links are simple means that the Whitehead group and the lower \(K\)-groups of the fundamental group of the fiber of the holink fibration vanish. If both \(X\) and \(Y\) have no strange points (for example when \(X^0 = Y^0 = \emptyset\)) and the intrinsic stratification \(|X|\) of \(X\) is 5-gapped and with simple links we can drop the assumption that the homeomorphism is stratified. The simple link condition is required for the construction of the inverse of the excision map. Spaces that satisfy these properties are topological manifolds, CS-spaces and certain pl-pseudomanifolds (but not all). In the case that a pl-pseudomanifold satisfies the conditions of the result, then the class \([X]\) coincides with its Goresky-MacPherson \(L\)-class. The key construction is the corresponding transversality theorem, generalising the ideas of R. Thom.