Coincidence invariants and higher Reidemeister traces

DOI10.1007/S11784-015-0269-5zbMATH Open1342.18010arXiv1209.3710OpenAlexW1910059978MaRDI QIDQ266366FDOQ266366

Kate Ponto

Publication date: 13 April 2016

Published in: Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Lefschetz number and fixed point index can be thought of as two different descriptions of the same invariant. The Lefschetz number is algebraic and defined using homology. The index is defined more directly from the topology and is a stable homotopy class. Both the Lefschetz number and index admit generalizations to coincidences and the comparison of these invariants retains its central role. In this paper we show that the identification of the Lefschetz number and index using formal properties of the symmetric monoidal trace extends to coincidence invariants. This perspective on the coincidence index and Lefschetz number also suggests difficulties for generalizations to a coincidence Reidemeister trace.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.3710

zbMATH Keywords

fixed pointcoincidencesLefschetz numberNielsen numberReidemeister trace

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fixed points and coincidences in algebraic topology (55M20) Spanier-Whitehead duality (55P25)

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