Non-zero degree maps between $2n$-manifolds

Details Non-zero degree maps between $2n$-manifolds Non-zero degree maps between $2n$-manifolds

2004-02-08

arxiv.org/abs/math/0402119v1

Mathematics

Geometric Topology

18 pages

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Thom-Pontrjagin constructions are used to give a computable necessary and sufficient condition when a homomorphism $\phi : H^n(L;Z)\to H^n(M;Z)$ can be realized by a map $f:M\to L$ of degree $k$ for closed $(n-1)$-connected $2n$-manifolds $M$ and $L$, $n>1$. A corollary is that each $(n-1)$-connected $2n$-manifold admits selfmaps of degree larger than 1, $n>1$. In the most interesting case of dimension 4, with the additional surgery arguments we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a degree $k$ map from a closed orientable 4-manifold $M$ to a closed simply connected 4-manifold $L$ in terms of their intersection forms, in particular there is a map $f:M\to L$ of degree 1 if and only if the intersection form of $L$ is isomorphic to a direct summand of that of $M$.

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