Vector fields on non-compact manifolds

MaRDI QIDQ6415806zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Tsuyoshi Kato, Daisuke Kishimoto, Mitsunobu Tsutaya

Publication date 1 November 2022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vector fields, frame fields in differential topology (57R25) Singularities of vector fields, topological aspects (58K45)

Abstract: We say that a vector field is bounded if its length and differential are bounded. Let $M$ be a non-compact connected manifold with a cocompact and properly discontinuous action of an amenable group $G$ having an element of infinite order. We establish a Poincar'{e}--Hopf theorem for a bounded vector field on $M$ satisfying a certain mild condition. Our index of a vector field is defined to be an element of the module of coinvariants of bounded sequences on $G$, which is easily defined. As a consequence, such a vector field must have infinitely many zeros whenever the Euler characteristic of $M/G$ is non-trivial.

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