A generalization of Thom’s transversality theorem

Vokřínek, Lukáš

Archivum mathematicum, Tome 44 (2008) no. 5, pp. 523-533

Résumé

We prove a generalization of Thom’s transversality theorem. It gives conditions under which the jet map $f_*|_Y\colon Y\subseteq J^r(D,M)\rightarrow J^r(D,N)$ is generically (for $f\colon M\rightarrow N$) transverse to a submanifold $Z\subseteq J^r(D,N)$. We apply this to study transversality properties of a restriction of a fixed map $g\colon M\rightarrow P$ to the preimage $(j^sf)^{-1}(A)$ of a submanifold $A\subseteq J^s(M,N)$ in terms of transversality properties of the original map $f$. Our main result is that for a reasonable class of submanifolds $A$ and a generic map $f$ the restriction $g|_{(j^sf)^{-1}(A)}$ is also generic. We also present an example of $A$ where the theorem fails.

Détail

Classification : 57R35, 57R45, 58A20
Keywords: transversality; residual; generic; restriction; fibrewise singularity