In answer to a question from János Kollár, we prove that a surjective piecewise-linear map with a topological section admits a nearby homotopic piecewise-linear section.
Keywords: section, topological section, PL approximation
Rourke, Colin  1
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author = {Rourke, Colin},
title = {Approximating a topological section by a piecewise-linear section},
journal = {Algebraic and Geometric Topology},
pages = {1373--1377},
year = {2016},
volume = {16},
number = {3},
doi = {10.2140/agt.2016.16.1373},
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TY - JOUR AU - Rourke, Colin TI - Approximating a topological section by a piecewise-linear section JO - Algebraic and Geometric Topology PY - 2016 SP - 1373 EP - 1377 VL - 16 IS - 3 UR - http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.2140/agt.2016.16.1373/ DO - 10.2140/agt.2016.16.1373 ID - 10_2140_agt_2016_16_1373 ER -
Rourke, Colin. Approximating a topological section by a piecewise-linear section. Algebraic and Geometric Topology, Tome 16 (2016) no. 3, pp. 1373-1377. doi: 10.2140/agt.2016.16.1373
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