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A geometric classification of immersions of 3-manifolds into 5-space

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

In this paper we define two regular homotopy invariants c and i for immersions of oriented 3-manifolds into R^5 in a geometric manner. The pair (c(f),i(f)) completely describes the regular homotopy class of the immersion f. The invariant i corresponds to the 3-dimensional obstruction that arises from Hirsch-Smale theory and extends the one defined in [10] for immersions with trivial normal bundle.

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@article{arxiv.math/0506567,
  title  = {A geometric classification of immersions of 3-manifolds into 5-space},
  author = {Andras Juhasz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0506567},
  year   = {2007}
}

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17 pages