On Iwase's manifolds

Abstract: In ~cite{Iw2} Iwase has constructed two 16-dimensional manifolds

M_{2}

and

M_{3}

with LS-category 3 which are counter-examples to Ganea's conjecture:

m c a t_{L S} (M i m e s S^{n}) = m c a t_{L S} M + 1

. We show that the manifold

M_{3}

is a counter-example to the logarithmic law for the LS-category of the square of a manifold:

m c a t_{L S} (M i m e s M) = 2 m c a t_{L S} M

. Also, we construct a map of degree one

f:N o M_2 imes M_3

which reduces Rudyak's conjecture to the question whether

m c a t_{L S} (M_{2} i m e s M_{3}) g e 5

. We show that

m c a t_{L S} (M_{2} i m e s M_{3}) g e 4

.

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