2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/126974A smooth map having only fold singularities is called a fold-map. We will give effective conditions for a continuous map to be homotopic to a fold-map from the viewpoint of the homotopy principle.Geometric Topology58A20, 57R45Existence theorems of fold-mapstext