The degree of a map between surfaces

DOI10.1007/BF01450838MaRDI QIDQ1077761zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Richard K. Skora

Publication date 1987

Published in Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/164208

zbMATH Keywords

absolute degreedegreeEuler characteristicgeometric degreeproper map between surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Degree, winding number (55M25)

Review text

Let f: (F,\(\partial F)\to (G,\partial G)\) be a proper map between surfaces. Then two classical definitions for the degree of f are the absolute degree and the geometric degree. It is proved that in several cases the two definitions coincide - in particular, in the case f is orientation-true. Then a map between surfaces is constructed for which the absolute degree is strictly less than the geometric degree. Finally, an inequality is derived which relates Euler characteristic and geometric degree.

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