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

dc.creatorDuan, Haibao
dc.creatorWang, Shicheng
dc.date2004-02-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:05:14Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:05:14Z
dc.descriptionThom-Pontrjagin constructions are used to give a computable necessary and sufficient condition when a homomorphism $ϕ: H^n(L;Z)\to H^n(M;Z)$ 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 $M$.
dc.description18 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0402119
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0402119
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/70094
dc.subjectGeometric Topology
dc.subjectAlgebraic Topology
dc.subject57R19; 55M25
dc.titleNon-zero degree maps between $2n$-manifolds
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