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Multivalued sections and self-maps of sphere bundles

Algebraic Topology 2024-05-07 v2

Abstract

Let GG be a finite group and VV a finite dimensional (non-zero) orthogonal GG-module such that, for each prime pp dividing the order of GG, the subspace of VV fixed by a Sylow pp-subgroup of GG is non-zero and, if the dimension of VV is odd, has dimension greater than 11. Using ideas of Avvakumov, Karasev, Kudrya and Skopenkov and work of Noakes on self-maps of sphere bundles, we show that, for any principal GG-bundle PXP\to X over a compact ENR XX, there exists a GG-map from PP to the unit sphere S(V)S(V) in VV.

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@article{arxiv.2208.09637,
  title  = {Multivalued sections and self-maps of sphere bundles},
  author = {M. C. Crabb},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.09637},
  year   = {2024}
}
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