Sum of embedded submanifolds

MaRDI QIDQ6286512zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Csaba L. Nagy

Publication date 10 May 2017

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Embeddings in differential topology (57R40) Realizing cycles by submanifolds (57R95)

Abstract: In an $n$-manifold $X$ each element of $H_{n-1}(X;mathbb{Z}_2)$ can be represented by an embedded codimension-1 submanifold. Hence for any two such submanifolds there is a third one that represents the sum of their homology classes. We construct such a representative explicitly. We describe the analogous construction for codimension-2 co-oriented submanifolds, and examine the special case of oriented and/or co-oriented submanifolds. We also give a lower bound for the number of connected components of the intersection of two oriented codimension-1 submanifolds in terms of the homology classes they represent.

This page was built for publication: Sum of embedded submanifolds

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6286512)