Elementary orbifold differential topology

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2012.08.032MaRDI QIDQ715648zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Joseph E. Borzellino, Victor Brunsden

Publication date 31 October 2012

Published in Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.1156

zbMATH Keywords

differential topology of orbifoldsorbifoldsregular valuesSard's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topology and geometry of orbifolds (57R18) Differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R35) Singularities of differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R45)

Abstract: Taking an elementary and straightforward approach, we develop the concept of a regular value for a smooth map f: O -> P between smooth orbifolds O and P. We show that Sard's theorem holds and that the inverse image of a regular value is a smooth full suborbifold of O. We also study some constraints that the existence of a smooth orbifold map imposes on local isotropy groups. As an application, we prove a Borsuk no retraction theorem for compact orbifolds with boundary and some obstructions to the existence of real-valued orbifold maps from local model orbifold charts.

Review text

The authors give generalizations of various differential topology results for effective orbifolds. In particular they give an orbifold version of the Preimage Theorem. The authors analyze several examples and computations which illustrate similarities and differences with the manifold case.

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