Obstructions to the existence of fold maps

DOI10.1112/JLMS/JDP072zbMATH Open1207.57040arXiv1003.2754OpenAlexW2130697307MaRDI QIDQ3550256FDOQ3550256

Authors: Kazuhiro Sakuma, Rustam Sadykov, Osamu Saeki 

Publication date: 31 March 2010

Published in: Journal of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study smooth maps between smooth manifolds with only fold points as their singularities, and clarify the obstructions to the existence of such a map in a given homotopy class for certain dimensions. The obstructions are described in terms of characteristic classes, which arise as Postnikov invariants, and can be interpreted as primary and secondary obstructions to the elimination of certain singularities. We also discuss the relationship between the existence problem of fold maps and that of vector fields of stabilized tangent bundles.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.2754

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zbMATH Keywords

obstructionsfold maps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singularities of differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R45) Vector fields, frame fields in differential topology (57R25) Postnikov systems, (k)-invariants (55S45)

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