Metastable Immersion, Span and the Two-type of a Manifold

Glover, Henry ; Homer, William

Canadian mathematical bulletin, Tome 29 (1986) no. 1, pp. 20-24

Résumé

The existence of metastable immersion or span for space forms and homogeneous spaces is shown to depend only on the two-type of the space.

Détail

DOI : 10.4153/CMB-1986-003-8

Mots-clés : Primary 57R42, 57R25, Secondary 55P60

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