Coincidences and secondary Nielsen numbers

DOI10.1007/S11784-015-0239-YMaRDI QIDQ497973zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Ulrich Koschorke

Publication date 25 September 2015

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.05777

zbMATH Keywords

coincidenceNielsen numberKervaire invariantsecondary Nielsen numberWecken theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fixed-point and coincidence theorems (topological aspects) (54H25) Fixed points and coincidences in algebraic topology (55M20) Homotopy groups of spheres (55Q40)

Abstract: Let $f_1,f_{2}colon{X}^{m}longrightarrow{Y}^n$ be maps between smooth connected manifolds of the indicated dimensions $!m!$ and $!n!!!$. Can $f_1,f_2$ be deformed by homotopies until they are coincidence free (i.e. $f_1(x)eq{f}_2(x)$ for all $xinX$)? The main tool for addressing such a problem is tradionally the (primary) Nielsen number $N(f_1,f_2)$. E.g. when $m<2n-2$ the question above has a positive answer precisely if $N(f_1,f_2)=0$. However, when $m=2n-2$ this can be dramatically wrong, e.g. in the fixed point case when $m=n=2$. Also, in a very specific setting the Kervaire invariant appears as a (full) additional obstruction. In this paper we start exploring a fairly general new approach. This leads to secondary Nielsen numbers $SecN(f_1,f_2)$ which allow us to answer our question e.g. when $m=2n-2,;neq2$ is even and $Y$ is simply connected.

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