Obstructions to fibering a manifold

DOI10.1007/S10711-009-9417-7MaRDI QIDQ711652zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Wolfgang Lück, Wolfgang Steimle, F. Thomas Farrell

Publication date 27 October 2010

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.1250

zbMATH Keywords

fibering a manifoldWhitehead torsion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fiber bundles in algebraic topology (55R10) Generalized manifolds (57P99) Simple homotopy type, Whitehead torsion, Reidemeister-Franz torsion, etc. (57Q10) Topology of vector bundles and fiber bundles (57R22)

Abstract: Given a map f: M o M of closed topological manifolds we define torsion obstructions whose vanishing is a necessary condition for f being homotopy equivalent to a projection of a locally trivial fiber bundle. If N = S^1, these torsion obstructions are identified with the ones due to Farrell. We have changed the exposition according to the comments of the referee and corrected some typos. The paper will appear in Geometriae Dedicata.

Review text

The authors define torsion obstructions for a map \(f: M \rightarrow N\) of closed topological manifolds, such that, if the torsion obstruction of \(f\) vanishes then \(f\) is homotopy equivalent to a projection of a locally trivial fiber bundle. If \(N = S^1\), these torsion obstructions are identified with the ones due to \textit{F. T. Farrell} [Math. J., Indiana Univ. 21, 315--346 (1971; Zbl 0242.57016)]. The authors also prove a composition formula for the torsion obstruction and they introduce Poincaré torsion which is the obstruction for a finite Poincaré complex to be homotopy equivalent to a simple Poincaré complex. At the end of the article, the authors present some interesting open questions.

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