Free cyclic actions on surfaces and the Borsuk-Ulam theorem

DOI10.1007/S10114-022-2202-3zbMATH Open1505.55003arXiv2204.02065OpenAlexW4297035615MaRDI QIDQ2096933FDOQ2096933

Authors: Vinicius Casteluber Laass, Daciberg Lima Gonçalves, John Guaschi 

Publication date: 11 November 2022

Published in: Acta Mathematica Sinica, English Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $M$ and $N$ be topological spaces, let $G$ be a group, and let $aucolonhinspaceGimesMoM$ be a proper free action of $G$. In this paper, we define a Borsuk-Ulam-type property for homotopy classes of maps from $M$ to $N$ with respect to the pair $(G,au)$ that generalises the classical antipodal Borsuk-Ulam theorem of maps from the $n$-sphere $mathbb{S}^n$ to $mathbb{R}^n$. In the cases where $M$ is a finite pathwise-connected CW-complex, $G$ is a finite, non-trivial Abelian group, $au$ is a proper free cellular action, and $N$ is either $mathbb{R}^2$ or a compact surface without boundary different of $mathbb{S}^2$ and $mathbb{RP}^2$, we give an algebraic criterion involving braid groups to decide whether a free homotopy class $$ has the Borsuk-Ulam property. As an application of this criterion, we consider the case where $M$ is a compact surface without boundary equipped with a free action $au$ of the finite cyclic group $mathbb{Z}_n$. In terms of the orientability of the orbit space $M_{a}u$ of $M$ by the action $au$, the value of $n$ modulo $4$ and a certain algebraic condition involving the first homology group of $M_{a}u$, we are able to determine if the single homotopy class of maps from $M$ to $mathbb{R}^2$ possesses the Borsuk-Ulam property with respect to $(mathbb{Z}_n,au)$. Finally, we give some examples of surfaces on which the symmetric group acts, and for these cases, we obtain some partial results regarding the Borsuk-Ulam property for maps whose target is $mathbb{R}^2$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.02065

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zbMATH Keywords

surfacesbraid groupsBorsuk-Ulam theoremcyclic groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Fixed points and coincidences in algebraic topology (55M20)

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