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Topology of cell complexes and manifolds, classification of manifolds (e.g. smoothing, surgery), low dimensional topology (e.g. knot theory, invariants of 4-manifolds), embedding theory, combinatorial and PL topology, geometric group theory, infinite dimensional topology (e.g. Hilbert cube manifolds, theory of retracts).
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Where is the Steenrod Realization problem at?
A lot depends on what you want to know about realizability. You could argue that Thom's paper settles the problem: in the mod 2 case, every homology class is realizable by a map; in the integral case, …
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Realizing integral homology classes on non-orientable manifolds by embedded orientable subma...
Here are some comments that don't really answer the question, but are too long for the comment box.
Firstly, the Poincaré dual of $\nu\in H_n(M;\mathbb{Z})$ is a twisted integer class $D\nu\in H^{m-n} …
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Integral homology classes that can be represented by immersed submanifolds but not embedded ...
This is a great question, and I don't have an answer but this is too long for a comment.
Working mod $2$, a codimension $k$ homology class $z\in H_{m-k}(M;\mathbb{Z}/2)$ is realizable by an embedding …
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Integral homology classes of which no multiples admit embedded representatives with trivial ...
With the trivial normal bundle condition, it's fairly easy to produce non-realizable examples using Théorème II.2 of Thom's paper. Namely, a class $z\in H_l(M^n;\mathbb{Z})$ is realizable by an embedd …
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on second cohomology of $S^1$-manifold
Yes. This follows from the Leray-Serre spectral sequence of the fibre bundle
$$
M\to M_{S^1} \to BS^1
$$
which has $E_2^{p,q}=H^p(BS^1;H^q(M;\mathbb{Z}))$ and converges to (the associated graded of th …
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Can the nth projective space be covered by n charts?
It seems worth giving the cup-length argument, as it's relatively short and sweet.
Suppose $\mathbb{R}P^n=U_1\cup\cdots\cup U_n$, with each $U_i\approx\mathbb{R}^n$, and let $c\in H^1(\mathbb{R}P^n;\m …
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Künneth formula and induced map in homologies
Here is an example which will not make you very happy. There is a degree one map $f:S^2\times S^1 \to S^3$ which just collapses the complement of an embedded open disk. Take $a\in H_2(S^2;\mathbb{Z})$ …
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Is there a $4$-manifold which Immerses in $\mathbb{R}^6$ but doesn't Embed in $\mathbb{R}^7$?
Edit: The answer below is incorrect. In fact, $\bar{w}_3(\mathbb{R}P^2\times\mathbb{R}P^2)=0$ (thanks to Rafal Walczak for pointing this out) so by the cited result $\mathbb{R}P^2\times\mathbb{R}P^2$ …
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Reference for Cochran-Orr-Teichner's filtrations on knot concordance
There are summarys of parts of Cochran, Teichner and Orr's paper in:
These lecture notes of Peter Teichner, typed up by Julia Collins and Mark Powell;
Mark Powell's 2011 Edinburgh PhD thesis;
Julia C …
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Homotopy in $X$ and homology in $X \times I$
You are talking about the notion of L-equivalence, studied by Thom in his seminal paper
Thom, René, Quelques propriétés globales des variétés différentiables, Comment. Math. Helv. 28, 17-86 (1954). …
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Covering manifolds with some other manifolds
A first observation is that such a $k$ may not exist, for example if $N$ does not embed in $M$.
When $N$ is a disk, then $k$ equals the ball category of $M$, denoted $\operatorname{ballcat}(M)$ or $\ …
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Wu formula for manifolds with boundary
A relative Wu formula for manifolds with boundary is discussed in Section 7 of
Kervaire, Michel A., Relative characteristic classes, Am. J. Math. 79, 517-558 (1957). ZBL0173.51201.
In particular, t …
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Embeddings without nonvanishing normal vector fields
I gave an orientable example in my answer to this later question. In particular, any embedding $\mathbb{C}P^2\hookrightarrow \mathbb{R}^7$ will have this property.
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Can one disjoin any submanifold in $\mathbb R^n$ from itself by a $C^{\infty}$-small isotopy?
Here's a counter example. Take any embedding of $\mathbb{C} P^2$ in $\mathbb{R}^7$ (such embeddings exist by
Steer, B., On the embedding of projective spaces in Euclidean space, Proc. Lond. Math. So …
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Relating bordism groups of different dimensions
Just a few remarks:
Bordism of Eilenberg--Mac Lane spaces can be identified with bordism of pairs consisting of a closed manifold with a cohomology class. More precisely, $\Omega^G_d(K(\mathcal{G},n …