Obstructions to embedding disks. II: A proof of a conjecture of Hudson

DOI10.1016/0166-8641(84)90036-1MaRDI QIDQ798985zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Nathan Habegger

Publication date 1984

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-8641(84)90036-1

zbMATH Keywords

homologyimbedded diskintersection invariantsPL-manifoldrepresentation of elements in relative homotopy groupsself-intersection invariantsuniversal covering pair

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Embeddings and immersions in PL-topology (57Q35) Embeddings in differential topology (57R40) Realizing cycles by submanifolds (57R95)

Review text

This paper is concerned with the problem of representing an element of \(\pi_ n(W,\partial W)\) by a properly imbedded disk - W is a PL-manifold of dimension m. J. F. P. Husdon defines an obstruction in \(H_{2n- m+1}(W,\partial W;G)\) where \(G={\mathbb{Z}}\) or \({\mathbb{Z}}/2\) as m-n is odd or even. In certain cases Hudson proves that the vanishing of this obstruction is sufficient for the existence of an imbedding. For example, \(m\geq n+3\) and (W,\(\partial W) (2n-m)-\)connected are certainly necessary conditions, but Hudson also requires m-n even and \(\pi_ 1(W)=\pi_ 1(\partial W)=0.\) In the present paper these latter conditions are eliminated and the obstructions are generalized to encompass the problem of representing several elements of \(\pi_ n(W,\partial W)\) by disjointly imbedded disks. In carrying out this project intersection and self-intersection invariants are introduced in the homology of \((\tilde W,\partial\tilde W)\), the universal covering pair of (W,\(\partial W)\).

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