Let $f,g:M_1\to M_2$ be maps where $M_1$ and $M_2$ are connected triangulable oriented n-manifolds so that the set of coincidences $C_{f,g}=x\in M_1|f\left(x\right)=g\left(x\right)$ is compact in $M_1$. We define a Nielsen equivalence relation on $C_{f,g}$ and assign the coincidence index to each Nielsen coincidence class. In this note, we show that, for n ≥ 3, if $M_2={\tilde{M}}_2/K$ where ${\tilde{M}}_2$ is a connected simply connected topological group and K is a discrete subgroup then all the Nielsen coincidence classes of f and g have the same coincidence index. In particular, when $M_1$ and $M_2$ are compact, f...

Let ${ℱ}_h^i(k,n)$ be the $i$-th ordered configuration space of all distinct points $H_1,...,H_h$ in the Grassmannian $Gr(k,n)$ of $k$-dimensional subspaces of ${ℂ}^n$, whose sum is a subspace of dimension $i$. We prove that ${ℱ}_h^i(k,n)$ is (when non empty) a complex submanifold of $Gr{(k,n)}^h$ of dimension $i(n-i)+hk(i-k)$ and its fundamental group is trivial if $i=min(n,hk)$, $hk\ne n$ and $n\>2$ and equal to the braid group of the sphere $ℂ$$P^{}$

[For the entire collection see Zbl 0699.00032.] The author considers the conformal relation between twistors and spinors on a Riemannian spin manifold of dimension $n\ge 3$. A first integral is constructed for a twistor spinor and various geometric properties of the spin manifold are deduced. The notions of a conformal deformation and a Killing spinor are considered and such a deformation of a twistor spinor into a Killing spinor and conditions for the equivalence of these quantities is indicated.

The Hilton-Hopf quadratic form is defined for spaces of the homotopy type of a CW complex with one cell each in dimensions 0 and 4n, K cells in dimension 2n and no other cells. If two such spaces are of the same topological genus, then their Hilton-Hopf quadratic forms are of the same weak algebraic genus. For large classes of spaces, such as simply connected differentiable 4-manifolds, the converse is also true, as long as the suspensions of the spaces are also of the same topological genus. This...

We prove that the space $ex{p}_k\bigvee S^{m+1}$ of nonempty subsets of cardinality at most k in a bouquet of m+1-dimensional spheres is (m+k-2)-connected. This, as shown by Tuffley, implies that the space $ex{p}_{k}X$ is (m+k-2)-connected for any m-connected cell complex X.

We prove that for every n ∈ ℕ the space M(K(x 1, …, x n) of ℝ-places of the field K(x 1, …, x n) of rational functions of n variables with coefficients in a totally Archimedean field K has the topological covering dimension dimM(K(x 1, …, x n)) ≤ n. For n = 2 the space M(K(x 1, x 2)) has covering and integral dimensions dimM(K(x 1, x 2)) = dimℤ M(K(x 1, x 2)) = 2 and the cohomological dimension dimG M(K(x 1, x 2)) = 1 for any Abelian 2-divisible coefficient group G.

A metric space (X,ϱ) satisfies the disjoint (0,n)-cells property provided for each point x ∈ X, any map f of the n-cell $B^n$ into X and for each ε > 0 there exist a point y ∈ X and a map $g:B^n\to X$ such that ϱ(x,y) < ε, $\widehat{\varrho }(f,g)<\epsilon$ and $y\notin g\left(B^n\right)$. It is proved that each homogeneous locally compact ANR of dimension >2 has the disjoint (0,2)-cells property. If dimX = n > 0, X has the disjoint (0,n-1)-cells property and X is a locally compact $L{C}^{n-1}$-space then local homologies satisfy $H_k(X,X-x)=0$ for k < n and Hn(X,X-x) ≠ 0.