On Lusternik-Schnirelmann Category of Connected Sums
Algebraic Topology
2012-05-02 v1
Abstract
In this paper we estimate the Lusternik-Schnirelmann category of the connected sum of two manifolds through their categories. We achieve a more general result regarding the category of a quotient space X/A where A is a suitable subspace of X.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1205.0216,
title = {On Lusternik-Schnirelmann Category of Connected Sums},
author = {Robert Newton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.0216},
year = {2012}
}