Local multiplicity of continuous maps between manifolds

MaRDI QIDQ6271745zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Pavle V. M. Blagojević, Roman Karasev

Publication date 22 March 2016

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets without dimension restrictions (aspects of convex geometry) (52A05) Immersions in differential topology (57R42) Singularities of differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R45)

Abstract: Let $M$ and $N$ be smooth (real or complex) manifolds, and let $M$ be equipped with some Riemannian metric. A continuous map $fcolonMlongrightarrowN$ admits a local $k$-multiplicity if, for every real number $omega>0$, there exist $k$ pairwise distinct points $x_1,ldots,x_k$ in $M$ such that $f(x_1)=cdots=f(x_k)$ and $diam{x}_1,ldots,x_k<omega$. In this paper we systematically study the existence of local $k$-mutiplicities and derive criteria for the existence of local $k$-multiplicity in terms of Stiefel--Whitney classes and Chern classes of the vector bundle $f^{\ast }auNoplus(-auM)$. For example, as a corollary of one criterion we deduce that for $kgeq2$ a power of $2$, $M$ a compact smooth manifold with the integer $$, and $N$ a parallelizable smooth manifold, if $sgeqdimN-dimM+1$ and $$, any continuous map $MlongrightarrowN$ admits a local $k$-multiplicity. Furthermore, as a special case of this corollary we recover, when $k=2$, the classical criterion for the non-existence of an immersion $MlooparrowrightN$ between manifolds $M$ and $N$.

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