Homotopy types of the components of spaces of embeddings of compact polyhedra into 2-manifolds

dc.creatorYagasaki, Tatsuhiko
dc.date2002-11-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:52:42Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T04:52:42Z
dc.descriptionSuppose M is a connected PL 2-manifold and X is a compact connected subpolyhedron of M (X \neq 1pt, a closed 2-manifold). Let E(X, M) denote the space of topological embeddings of X into M with the compact-open topology and let E(X, M)_0 denote the connected component of the inclusion i_X : X \subset M in E(X, M). In this paper we classify the homotopy type of E(X, M)_0 in term of the subgroup G = Im[{i_X}_\ast : π_1(X) \to π_1(M)]. We show that if G is not a cyclic group and M \neq T^2, T^2 then E(X, M)_0 \simeq \ast, if G is a nontrivial cyclic group and M \neq P^2, T^2, K^2 then E(X, M)_0 \simeq S^1, and when G = 1, if X is an arc or M is orientable then E(X, M)_0 \simeq ST(M) and if X is not an arc and M is nonorientable then E(X, M)_0 \simeq ST(\tilde{M}). Here S^1 is the circle, T^2 is the torus, P^2 is the projective plane and K^2 is the Klein bottle. The symbol ST(M) denotes the tangent unit circle bundle of M with respect to any Riemannian metric of M and \tilde{M} denotes the orientation double cover of M.
dc.description31 pages, 3 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0211104
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0211104
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/65566
dc.subjectGeometric Topology
dc.subjectGeneral Topology
dc.subject57N05, 57N20, 57N35
dc.titleHomotopy types of the components of spaces of embeddings of compact polyhedra into 2-manifolds
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