Inductive detection for homotopy equivalences of manifolds

DOI10.1023/A:1007702426750MaRDI QIDQ1360320zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Slawomir Kwasik, Reinhard Schultz

Publication date 3 March 1998

Published in \(K\)-Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1007702426750

zbMATH Keywords

homotopy equivalencesmooth manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homotopy equivalences in algebraic topology (55P10) Surgery obstructions, Wall groups (57R67) (h)- and (s)-cobordism (57R80) Finite transformation groups (57S17)

Review text

Let \(f:M^n \to N^n\) be a homotopy equivalence of CAT manifolds (CAT=PL, TOP, or DIFF) with finite fundamental groups. Let \(C\) be a class of subgroups \(H\) of \(\pi_1 (M)\) and \(f_H\) a lift of \(f\) to the corresponding covering spaces. The authors consider the following problem: Suppose that for each \(H\) in \(C\), \(f_H\) is homotopic to a CAT isomorphism, is \(f\) itself homotopic to a CAT isomorphism? A typical result is Theorem A: The question has an affirmative answer in the smooth category, if \(n\geq 5\), \(f\) is a simple homotopy equivalence, the Sylow 2-subgroups of \(\pi_1 (M)\) are normal, and the class \(C\) consists of the Sylow or 2-hyperelementary subgroups. Examples are given where the conclusion is that \(f \times \text{id}: M \times\mathbb{R} \to N\times \mathbb{R}\) is properly homotopic to an isomorphism but \(f\) itself is not homotopic to a homeomorphism.

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