Cobordism group of Morse functions on unoriented surfaces

二次Stiefel-Whitney数与相应的cobordism群

Secondary Stiefel-Whitney numbers and corresponding cobordism groups

本文研究了二次Stiefel-Whitney数与相应cobordism群的关系，提出了新的不变量并证明其在cobordism分类中的重要性。

Cobordism Categories and Parametrized Morse Theory

Fix a tangential structure $θ: B \longrightarrow BO(d+1)$ and an integer $k < d/2$. In this paper we determine the homotopy type of a cobordism category $\mathbf{Cob}^{\text{mf}, k}_θ$, where morphisms are given by $θ$-cobordisms $W: P \rightsquigarrow Q$ equipped with a choice of proper Morse function $h_{W}: W \longrightarrow [0, 1]$, with the property that all critical points $c \in W$ of $h_{W}$ satisfy the condition: $k < \text{index}(c) < d-k+1$. In particular, we prove that there is a weak homotopy equivalence $B\mathbf{Cob}^{\text{mf}, k}_θ \simeqΩ^{\infty}\mathbf{hW}^{k}_θ$, where $\m…

五阶彼得森击中问题、第五个辛格转移以及无定向配边中的几何生成元

The rank-five Peterson hit problem, the fifth Singer transfer, and a geometric generator in unoriented cobordism

研究五阶彼得森击中问题，通过精确稀疏消元等方法确定余击中模相关值，证明第五个辛格上同调转移是同构，找到无定向配边中49次幂的几何生成元，明确其与代数不变量的边界关系。

On defining products of cobordism classes of Morse functions

(Co)bordisms of manifolds and maps are fundamental and important objects in algebraic and differential topology of manifolds and related studies were started by Thom etc.. Cobordisms of Morse functions were introduced and have been studied as a branch of the algebraic and differential topological theory of Morse functions and their higher dimensional versions, or the global singularity theory, by Kalmár, Ikegami, Sadykov, Saeki, Wrazidlo, Yamamoto etc. since 2000s. Cobordism relations are in most cases defined as the following for example; two closed manifolds of a fixed dimension or maps on t…

Some Computations in Equivariant cobordism in relation to Milnor manifolds

Let $\mathcal{N}_*$ be the unoriented cobordism algebra, let $G=(\Z_2)^n$ and let $Z_*(G)$ denote the equivariant cobordism algebra of $G$-manifolds with finite stationary point sets. Let $ε_* :Z_*(G) \to \mathcal{N}_*$ be the homomorphism which forgets the $G$-action. We use Milnor manifolds (degree 1 hypersurfaces in $\R P^m\times \R P^n$) to construct non-trivial elements in $Z_*(G)$. We prove that these elements give rise to indecomposable elements in $Z_*(G)$ in degrees up to $2^n - 5$. Moreover, in most cases these elements can be arranged to be in $\mathit{Ker}(ε_*)$.

2-torus manifolds, cobordism and small covers

Let ${\frak M}_n$ be the set of equivariant unoriented cobordism classes of all $n$-dimensional 2-torus manifolds, where an $n$-dimensional 2-torus manifold $M$ is a smooth closed manifold of dimension $n$ with effective smooth action of a rank $n$ 2-torus group $({\Bbb Z}_2)^n$. Then ${\frak M}_n$ forms an abelian group with respect to disjoint union. This paper determines the group structure of ${\frak M}_n$ and shows that each class of ${\frak M}_n$ contains a small cover as its representative in the case $n=3$.

Parametrized Morse Theory and Positive Scalar Curvature

We use the cobordism category constructed in arXiv:1703.01047 to the study the homotopy type of the space of positive scalar curvature metrics on a spin manifold of dimension > 4. Our methods give an alternative proof and extension of a recent theorem of Botvinnik, Ebert, and Randal-Williams from arXiv:1411.7408.

The moduli space of generalized Morse functions

We study the moduli and determine a homotopy type of the space of all generalized Morse functions on d-manifolds for given d. This moduli space is closely connected to the moduli space of all Morse functions studied in the paper math.AT/0212321, and the classifying space of the corresponding cobordism category.

Rigidity and gluing for Morse and Novikov complexes

We obtain rigidity and gluing results for the Morse complex of a real-valued Morse function as well as for the Novikov complex of a circle-valued Morse function. A rigidity result is also proved for the Floer complex of a hamiltonian defined on a closed symplectic manifold $(M,ω)$ with $c_{1}|_{π_{2}(M)}=[ω]|_{π_{2}(M)}=0$. The rigidity results for these complexes show that the complex of a fixed generic function/hamiltonian is a retract of the Morse (respectively Novikov or Floer) complex of any other sufficiently $C^{0}$ close generic function/hamiltonian. The gluing result is a type of Maye…

Multiparameter persistent homology via generalized Morse theory

We define a class of multiparameter persistence modules that arise from a one-parameter family of functions on a topological space and prove that these persistence modules are stable. We show that this construction can produce indecomposable persistence modules with arbitrarily large dimension. In the case of smooth functions on a compact manifold, we apply cobordism theory and Cerf theory to study the resulting persistence modules. We give examples in which we obtain a complete description of the persistence module as a direct sum of indecomposable summands and provide a corresponding visuali…

Fermionic Finite-Group Gauge Theories and Interacting Symmetric/Crystalline Orders via Cobordisms

We formulate a family of spin Topological Quantum Filed Theories (spin-TQFTs) as fermionic generalization of bosonic Dijkgraaf-Witten TQFTs. They are obtained by gauging $G$-equivariant invertible spin-TQFTs, or, in physics language, gauging the interacting fermionic Symmetry Protected Topological states (SPTs) with a finite group $G$ symmetry. We use the fact that the latter are classified by Pontryagin duals to spin-bordism groups of the classifying space $BG$. We also consider unoriented analogues, that is $G$-equivariant invertible pin$^\pm$-TQFTs (fermionic time-reversal-SPTs) and their g…

A free action of a finite group on 3-sphere equivalent to a linear action

In this paper, by use of techniques associated to Cobordism theory and Morse theory, we give a proof of Space-Form-Conjecture, i.e. a free action of a finite group on 3-manifold is equivalent to a linear action.

Equivariant cohomology Chern numbers determine equivariant unitary bordism for torus groups

This paper shows that the integral equivariant cohomology Chern numbers completely determine the equivariant geometric unitary bordism classes of closed unitary $G$-manifolds, which gives an affirmative answer to the conjecture posed by Guillemin--Ginzburg--Karshon in [20, Remark H.5, $\S3$, Appendix H], where $G$ is a torus. As a further application, we also obtain a satisfactory solution of [20, Question (A), $\S1.1$, Appendix H] on unitary Hamiltonian $G$-manifolds. Our key ingredients in the proof are the universal toric genus defined by Buchstaber--Panov--Ray and the Kronecker pairing of …