Maps to the projective plane

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2007-01-04

arxiv.org/abs/math/0701127v1

Mathematics

Geometric Topology

17 pages

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We prove the projective plane $\rp^2$ is an absolute extensor of a finite-dimensional metric space $X$ if and only if the cohomological dimension mod 2 of $X$ does not exceed 1. This solves one of the remaining difficult problems (posed by A.N.Dranishnikov) in extension theory. One of the main tools is the computation of the fundamental group of the function space $\Map(\rp^n,\rp^{n+1})$ (based at inclusion) as being isomorphic to either $\Z_4$ or $\Z_2\oplus\Z_2$ for $n\ge 1$. Double surgery and the above fact yield the proof.

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