Nielsen equalizer theory

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2011.05.032MaRDI QIDQ554422zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors P. Christopher Staecker

Publication date 4 August 2011

Published in Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.2154

zbMATH Keywords

coincidence pointequalizer setNielsen theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fixed-point and coincidence theorems (topological aspects) (54H25) Fixed points and coincidences in algebraic topology (55M20)

Abstract: We extend the Nielsen theory of coincidence sets to equalizer sets, the points where a given set of (more than 2) mappings agree. On manifolds, this theory is interesting only for maps between spaces of different dimension, and our results hold for sets of k maps on compact manifolds from dimension (k-1)n to dimension n. We define the Nielsen equalizer number, which is a lower bound for the minimal number of equalizer points when the maps are changed by homotopies, and is in fact equal to this minimal number when the domain manifold is not a surface. As an application we give some results in Nielsen coincidence theory with positive codimension. This includes a complete computation of the geometric Nielsen number for maps between tori.

Review text

Nielsen fixed point theory mainly deals with the fixed point sets of self-maps. A generalization of the fixed point set is the coincidence set of two maps. The author of the paper under review successfully extends Nielsen fixed point theory to a more general setting: equalizer sets. Given \(k\) maps \(f_1, f_2, \dots, f_k\) from \(X\) to \(Y\), their equalizer set is defined as \(\{x\in X\mid f_1(x)=f_2(x)= \cdots =f_k(x)\}\). The equalizer classes are defined if both of \(X\) and \(Y\) have universal coverings. It is proved that there exists a well-defined semi-index for each equalizer class if \(X\) and \(Y\) are manifolds of dimension \((k-1)n\) and \(n\) respectively. This is a natural generalization of the semi-indices of coincidence sets introduced by \textit{R. Dobreńko} and \textit{J. Jezierski} [Rocky Mt. J. Math. 23, No.~1, 67--85 (1993; Zbl 0787.55003)]. Hence, the author defines a Nielsen equalizer number \(N(f_1,f_2,\dots,f_k)\), which is a lower bound for the number of equalizer points for \(k\) maps homotopic to the given \(k\) maps respectively. If the domain \(X\) is not a surface, such a lower bound is realizable, i.e. a type of Wecken theorem is obtained. Furthermore, the author also shows that the equalizer Nielsen number can be used to estimate coincidence points.

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