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On the structure of a Morse form foliation

I. Gelbukh (2009)

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal

The foliation of a Morse form ω on a closed manifold M is considered. Its maximal components (cylinders formed by compact leaves) form the foliation graph; the cycle rank of this graph is calculated. The number of minimal and maximal components is estimated in terms of characteristics of M and ω . Conditions for the presence of minimal components and homologically non-trivial compact leaves are given in terms of rk ω and Sing ω . The set of the ranks of all forms defining a given foliation without minimal...

On the topological structure of compact 5-manifolds

Alberto Cavicchioli, Fulvia Spaggiari (1993)

Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae

We classify the genus one compact (PL) 5-manifolds and prove some results about closed 5-manifolds with free fundamental group. In particular, let M be a closed connected orientable smooth 5 -manifold with free fundamental group. Then we prove that the number of distinct smooth 5 -manifolds homotopy equivalent to M equals the 2 -nd Betti number (mod 2 ) of M .

On the topology of positively curved Bazaikin spaces

Luis A. Florit, Wolfgang Ziller (2009)

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

We explore some aspects of the topology of the family of 13-dimensional Bazaikin spaces. Using the computation of their homology rings, Pontryagin classes and linking forms, we show that there is only one Bazaikin space that is homotopy equivalent to a homogeneous space, i.e., the Berger space. Moreover, it is easily shown that there are only finitely many Bazaikin spaces in each homeomorphism type and that there are only finitely many positively curved ones for a given cohomology ring. In fact,...

On Thom Polynomials for A4(−) via Schur Functions

Öztürk, Özer (2007)

Serdica Mathematical Journal

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 05E05, 14N10, 57R45.We study the structure of the Thom polynomials for A4(−) singularities. We analyze the Schur function expansions of these polynomials. We show that partitions indexing the Schur function expansions of Thom polynomials for A4(−) singularities have at most four parts. We simplify the system of equations that determines these polynomials and give a recursive description of Thom polynomials for A4(−) singularities. We also give Thom polynomials...

On topological degree and Poincaré duality

Franco Cardin (1995)

Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni

In this Note we investigate about some relations between Poincaré dual and other topological objects, such as intersection index, topological degree, and Maslov index of Lagrangian submanifolds. A simple proof of the Poincaré-Hopf theorem is recalled. The Lagrangian submanifolds are the geometrical, multi-valued, solutions of physical problems of evolution governed by Hamilton-Jacobi equations: the computation of the algebraic number of the branches is showed to be performed by using Poincaré dual....

On topological invariants of vector bundles

Zbigniew Szafraniec (1992)

Annales Polonici Mathematici

Let E → W be an oriented vector bundle, and let X(E) denote the Euler number of E. The paper shows how to calculate X(E) in terms of equations which describe E and W.

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