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Maps with small fibers between manifolds of equal dimension
The following question is an attempt to revise this one into what I intended.
Important revisions are shown in bold.
Are there any known examples of a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ with (possibly ...
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Classification of principal $\mathrm{SO}(3)$-bundles on a 4-manifold via characteristic classes
I am interested in a reference with a detailed (as simple and topological as possible) proof of the following fact:
Theorem. A principal $\mathrm{SO}(3)$-bundle on a compact oriented 4-manifold are ...
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Deformations of cotangent bundles
Let $M$ be a smooth variety of even dimension over $\mathbb C$. I am interested in necessary or sufficient conditions such that $X$ is a deformation of a family of cotangent bundles.
In other words, ...
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Is it always possible to connect the endpoints of a smooth injective path, so the resulting path is smooth, closed and simple?
Motivation
The motivation for this question arises from the following problem: Is there a closed, simple, and infinitely differentiable path on the (complex) plane such that every straight line has a ...
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Basis of topology on space of properly embedded smooth manifolds
In A Short Exposition of the Madsen-Weiss Theorem, Hatcher discusses (starting at p.6) a basis for a topology on the space $\mathcal{C}^n$, the space of all smooth oriented $d$-dimensional ...
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Geodesic convexity of Dirichlet Fundamental Domains
My question is motivated by this question, and this answer to it. Below, let's consider the setup in that answer:
Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold. Let $G\times M\to M$ be a proper action of a ...
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Lipschitz bounds and homotopy groups of diffeomorphism groups
Let $M$ denote a closed Riemannian manifold. Let $\mathrm{Diff}_0^L(M)$ denote the supspace of the identity component of the diffeomorphism group $\mathrm{Diff}_0(M)$ of diffeomorphisms with Lipschitz ...
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Different proof techniques of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem
I am aware of the usual K-theoretical (cobordism, operator algebras) and heat kernel proofs of the index theorem, as answered in other questions in this site, e.g. here.
However, I recently read this ...
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Characterization of self-conjugate spin$^c$ structures
Let $M$ be an oriented Riemannian $n$-manifold. Then we can choose a trivializing open cover $M=\bigcup_\alpha U_\alpha$ for $TM$ and corresponding transition functions $g_{\alpha \beta}:U_\alpha \...
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Topological Properties of Subsets of $R^{m}$ induced by Smooth Manifolds in Matrix Spaces
We know that $M_{m \times n } $ is isomorphic to $R^{mn}$. Let's take a smooth manifold $\mathbb{M}$ in $R^{mn}$ and fix a point in $R^{n}$, say, $p$. Now realize the manifold $\mathbb{M}$ as a subset ...
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Generalized Stokes's theorem and the relationship of volume to surface area of objects of arbitrary genus
In this post I saw that it could be explained with the Generalized Stokes's theorem why the derivative of the area of a circle is equal to the boundary of the circle (the circumference):
$$C=\frac{d}{...
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Morse Theory for Time-Periodic Constrained Path Spaces
Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth, compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n \geq 2$. Define a time-periodic constraint field $\Phi: M \times \mathbb{R} \to \{0,1\}$ with period $T > 0$, where $\Phi(x,t) = ...
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Large volume growth of covering space
Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold with non-negative Ricci curvature. The Bishop-Gromov volume comparison says that: if
$$\alpha_M=\lim_{r\rightarrow\infty}\frac{VolB^M(p,r)}{\omega_nr^n},$$
then $0\...
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A roof genus of high dimensional lens space
Let $p$ be a natural number, and for $i\in \{0,
..., p-1\}$,
denote the irreducible rank one complex representation of $\mathbb{Z}/p$. by $\rho_{i}$.
Let $a=(a_{1},\ldots a_{d}) $ ...
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Are there isospectrally equivalent exotic spheres?
Let $X$ and $Y$ be two different exotic spheres. Are there metrics $g$ and $h$ on $X$ and $Y$, respectively, such that the laplacians of $(X,g)$ and $(Y,h)$ have the same spectrum?
I would be happy ...
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Progress on Gromov's Conjecture of the bound of total Betti numbers
This question is a reference request.
Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$, and $b_i(M) = \dim H_i(M,\mathbb{R})$. Gromov proved it that there are constants $C(n)$ such that, if the ...
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Are Chern classes always vertical?
Let $c_k \in H^{2k}(M, \mathbb{Z})$ be the $k$-th Chern class of the tangent bundle of a Hermitian manifold $M$.
Is $c_k$ necessarily vertical, i.e.
$$
c_k = \sum_{i_1,\dots, i_{k}} \alpha_{i_1 \dots ...
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Vector bundles over a homotopy-equivalent fibration
I think this question is related to what is known as "obstruction theory", but I'm not very familiar with this field of mathematics, so I am asking here.
Let $\pi:N\rightarrow M$ be a smooth ...
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Does the group of compactly supported diffeomorphisms have the homotopy type of a CW complex?
It is known that the group of diffeomorphisms of a compact manifold with the natural $C^{\infty}$ topology has the homotopy type of a countable CW complex. See for instance this thread: Is the space ...
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Stable equivalence and stability theorem of vector bundles
I am going through this paper by Tanaka. In the proof of Proposition 3.2(1) given below
The author says that by the stability theorem as $\dim (B)\le m$ we have $\alpha\oplus1\cong m\oplus1$. But I ...
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Classification of bundles with fixed total space
I am aware of classification theorems for principal bundles, vector bundles, and covering spaces $\pi:E\to B$ over a fixed base space $B$. Principal and vector bundles over $B$ are classified by ...
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Are the spaces BG for compact connected groups G ind-projective or ind-Kähler?
Let $G$ be a compact connected group, or maybe better its complexification. By thinking about the simplicial Borel space, or using $n$-acyclic $G$-spaces for higher and higher $n$, it's "easy&...
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Existence of covering space with trivial pullback map on $H^1$
I have seen somewhere the following claim (but can't remember where): let $M$ be a connected orientable closed smooth manifold with $b_1(M)=1$, then there exists a connected covering space $p:\tilde{M}...
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Poincaré-Hopf Theorem for domains with a point of vanishing curvature
Consider $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ a convex planar domain having positive curvature on the boundary except for a point $p \in \partial \Omega$ where the curvature vanishes.
I would like to know ...
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Relation between trivial tangent bundle $\Leftrightarrow$ certain characteristic classes of tangent bundle vanish [closed]
We know that
framing structure means the trivialization of tangent bundle of manifold $M$.
string structure means the trivialization of Stiefel-Whitney class $w_1$, $w_2$ and half of the first ...
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"canonical" framing of 3-manifolds
In Witten's 1989 QFT and Jones polynomial paper, he said
Although the tangent bundle of a three manifold can be trivialized, there is no canonical way to do this.
So if I understand correctly, ...
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Witten's QFT Jones polynomial work on Atiyah Patodi Singer theorem and $\hat A$ genus over Chern character
In Witten's 1989 QFT and Jones polynomial paper,
he wrote in eq.2.22 that
Atiyah Patodi Singer theorem says that the combination:
$$
\frac{1}{2} \eta_{grav} + \frac{1}{12}\frac{I(g)}{2 \pi}
$$
is a ...
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Lie group framing and framed bordism
What is the definition of Lie group framing, in simple terms?
Is the Lie group framing of spheres a particular type of Lie group framing? (How special is the Lie group framing of spheres differed ...
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Minimal first Pontryagin class $p_1=1$?
From Hirzbuch theorem,
the signature of 4-manifold $\sigma = p_1/3$ with the first Pontryagin class $p_1$.
I know that the $\sigma=p_1/3 =1$ so $p_1=3$ for complex projective space $\mathbb{P}^2$.
Is ...
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string bordism group and framed bordism group for $d \leq 6$ and $d \geq 7$
Why do the string bordism group and the framed bordism group
coincide the same in dimensions lower than 7 ($d = 0,1,2,3,4,5, 6$)?
Why do the string bordism group and the framed bordism group differ
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Is the oriented bordism ring generated by homogeneous spaces?
I am trying to find a Riemannian geometrically well-understood set of generators of the oriented bordism ring, including the torsion parts. By a set of generators, I mean that the set generates the ...
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1D topological defects in $d>3$ spatial dimensions
I am trying to construct a 1D topological defect solution in 4 spatial dimensions, i.e., a solution to some PDE (likely the equations of motion of some Lagrangian) on $\mathbb{R}^{4}$ which is ...
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Lifting action of torus to torus bundle
Preamble: Let $X$ be a simply connected smooth manifold and $P \to X$ be a principal $T^\ell$ bundle on it.
Let $\phi$ be a smooth action of $T^k$ on $X$.
The paper "Lifting compact group actions ...
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Physical measure of a dynamical system in terms of its density
Let $f$ be a $\mathcal{C}^1$ vector field on a compact subset $M \subset \mathbb{R}^n$. We define a dynamical system by
$$\dot{x}(t)=f(x(t))$$
In ergodic theory, the occupation measure is
$$\mu_{x, T}(...
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Algebraic de Rham cohomology with torus coefficients
Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety over $\mathbb{C}.$
On page 3 in this preprint of Simpson, it is stated that
Notice first of all that the algebraic de Rham theory is not going to work well in ...
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Role of basins of attraction in the Morse decomposition
Let $M$ be a differentiable manifold and $F \in \mathcal{X}(M)$. We define a DS by
$$\dot{x}=F(x(t))$$
An ordered collection $\mathcal{M}=\left\{M_{1}, \ldots, M_{l}\right\}$ of compact subsets of ...
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Can you do geometry with persistent homology?
Setup
In practice, persistent homology of data $X$ is often used to infer the homology of the underlying (Riemannian) manifold $M$ that the data is sampled from.
However most filtrations (Vietoris, ...
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Does $H^3\times I$ admit a Kähler metric?
Let $H^3$ be the Heisenberg manifold. It is known that the first betti number of $H^3\times S^1$ is odd and therefore it does not support any Kähler metric. Now let $I=(0,1)$ or $I=[0,1]$, does it ...
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How to use a Heegaard diagram to retrieve the original 3-manifold that it represents?
(Disclaimer: I apologize that this is an introductory question for a forum like MathOverflow, but I have run out of ideas and resources to understand how this works, and I don't know where else to ask ...
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How small need a perturbation be to not change the diffeomorphism type of a variety?
Let $f,g \in \mathbb{R}[x_0,\dots,x_k]$ be homogeneous polynomials and $X:=Z(f) \subset \mathbb{RP}^k$ be the projective variety defined by $f$.
Assume that $X$ is smooth and has codimension $1$.
Then ...
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Does the existence of an almost complex structure solely depend on the topology of the manifold?
To be precise, let $M$ and $N$ be two 2n-dimensional smooth, closed manifolds that are homeomorphic. If $M$ admits an almost complex structure, can we deduce that $N$ also admits an almost complex ...
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Proving a Result About Pontryagin Numbers Without Forms
I've been reading the book Geometry of Differential Forms by Shigeyuki Morita, and I came across the following theorem on page 226 the other day:
Proposition 5.53 (Pontryagin). Two cobordant closed (...
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Holonomy as integration of curvature for principal $G$-bundles?
Holonomy and curvature may seem to be slightly advanced topics in
geometry. However, their origins are easily imaginable. Namely,
picture the surface of earth $S$, and pick an arbitrary
contractible ...
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Connections on bundle gerbes from cocycle data
I am reading a 2007 article of Bressler et al. on deformation quantization of gerbes. In the article, the authors state that a gerbe on a manifold is defined using certain two-cocycles $c_{ijk}$ ...
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Recommendations for getting into sheaves with emphasis on differential geometry and algebraic topology
I want to study the theory of sheaves from a categorical point of view with an emphasis on applications in algebraic topology and differential geometry and I'm looking for a good introductory book to ...
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on definitions of stacks
There are two ways to define a stack.
The first one is that the presheaf of sets Isom (a,b) is a sheaf and that every descent data is effective.
The second one says that a stack is a homotopy sheaf of ...
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Topological invariance of rational Pontrjagin classes for non-compact spaces
Given a homeomorphism between complex manifolds, $f : X → Y$, is it then true that the rational Pontrjagin class $p_1(X) \in H^4(X,\mathbb Q)$ equals the pull-back $f^* p_1(Y)$?
If $X$ and $Y$ are ...
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Applications of super-mathematics to non-super mathematics
Supergeometry and more broadly supermathematics has been around for few decades. Since its introduction by physicists, there has been an some mathematical interest in them.
Although interesting in its ...
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Is the localised $S^1$-equivariant cohomology of the free loop space of a space $X$ isomorphic to that of $X$ itself?
A well-known theorem of Atiyah and Bott states that given a finite dimensional oriented manifold $M$ with circle action, the $S^1$-equivariant cohomology of $M$ (with $\mathbb{Q}$ coefficients) is ...
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Monodromy group action on de Rham cohomology
Let $f : Y \longrightarrow X := \mathbb{P}^1\setminus\{0,1,\infty\}$ be the smooth proper morphism associated to the Legendre family, which is an elliptic fibration of the punctured line, with fibre ...
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