On the number of homotopy types of fibres of a definable map

Details On the number of homotopy types of fibres of a definable map On the number of homotopy types of fibres of a definable map

2006-05-18

arxiv.org/abs/math/0605517v2

J. Lon Math Soc 76:757-776, 2007

Mathematics

Algebraic Geometry

Improved combinatorial complexity

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In this paper we prove a single exponential upper bound on the number of possible homotopy types of the fibres of a Pfaffian map, in terms of the format of its graph. In particular we show that if a semi-algebraic set $S \subset {\R}^{m+n}$, where $\R$ is a real closed field, is defined by a Boolean formula with $s$ polynomials of degrees less than $d$, and $\pi: {\R}^{m+n} \to {\R}^n$ is the projection on a subspace, then the number of different homotopy types of fibres of $\pi$ does not exceed $s^{2(m+1)n}(2^m nd)^{O(nm)}$. As applications of our main results we prove single exponential bounds on the number of homotopy types of semi-algebraic sets defined by fewnomials, and by polynomials with bounded additive complexity. We also prove single exponential upper bounds on the radii of balls guaranteeing local contractibility for semi-algebraic sets defined by polynomials with integer coefficients.

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