Embeddings of Z2-homology 3-spheres in R5 up to regular homotopy
Embeddings of Z2-homology 3-spheres in R5 up to regular homotopy
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R5 中 Z2 同源 3-球体的嵌入达到正则同伦
DOI:
10.2140/pjm.2000.193.249
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
0.6
通讯作者:
Masamichi Takase
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作者:
Masamichi Takase
Let Imm[X,Y ] be the set of regular homotopy classes of immersions of a manifold X in a manifold Y , and Emb[X,Y ] denote the subset of Imm[X,Y ] consisting of all regular homotopy classes containing an embedding. Smale [6] has given a 1-1 correspondence (the Smale invariant) s : Imm[Sn,RN ]→ πn(VN,n), where VN,n is the Stiefel manifold of all n-frames in RN . Hirsch [2] has generalized this to the case of immersions of an arbitrary manifold in an arbitrary manifold. These results solve the problem of the number of regular homotopy classes in terms of homotopy theory, but do not succeed in finding representatives for each class or determining which classes are represented by an embedding. According to Hughes [4], Imm[Sn,RN ] has a group structure under connected sum and the Smale invariant actually gives a group isomorphism. [4] gives explicit generators of Imm[S3,R4] and Imm[S3,R5]. Hughes-Melvin [5] determine which classes of Imm[Sn,Rn+2] are represented by an embedding, and prove that Emb[Sn,Rn+2] is isomorphic to Z if n ≡ 3 mod 4, and to 0 otherwise. Furthermore, [5] proves that the regular homotopy class of an embedding Sn ↪→ Rn+2(n ≡ 3 mod 4) can be completely determined by the signature of its oriented “Seifert” manifold. For example, in the case n = 3, we have the following diagram: