The classification of maps of nonorientable surfaces

DOI10.1007/BF01456845MaRDI QIDQ1110134zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors David Gabai, William H. Kazez

Publication date 1988

Published in Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/164445

zbMATH Keywords

classification of generic coverings of closed surfacesfirst Stiefel-Whitney classhomotopy classification of maps of positive degree between closed surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings (57M12)

Review text

In this paper the authors complete their interesting work on the classification of generic coverings of closed surfaces and on the homotopy classification of maps of positive degree between closed surfaces. The main results are as follows. Theorem: Two generic branched coverings \(\phi\),\(\psi\) : \(M\to N\) of closed surfaces are strongly equivalent if and only if (i) they have the same degree and (ii) the induced maps on fundamental groups have the same image. Corollary: Two maps f,g: \(M\to N\) of positive degree of closed surfaces are strongly equivalent in the homotopy category if and only if (i) they have the same degree, (ii) the induced maps on fundamental groups have the same image, and (iii) they have the same behaviour on the first Stiefel-Whitney class. Corollary: If f,g: \(G\to H\) are homomorphisms of closed suface groups of equal topological degree greater than zero such that \(f(G)=g(G)\) and the maps of surfaces inducing f and g have the same behaviour on the first Stiefel-Whitney class, then there exists an isomorphism h: \(G\to G\) such that \(f=gh\). The above theorem was proved for the case of N orientable in an earlier paper of the authors [Invent. Math. 90, 219-242 (1987; Zbl 0633.57002)]. The proof of the theorem for the case of N nonorientable is the main task in the present paper.

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