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Sectional Category and the parametrized Borsuk-Ulam property

Algebraic Topology 2024-04-09 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

In this paper, for fibrations p:EBp:E\to B, p:EBp':E'\to B over BB and a free involution τ:EE\tau:E\to E which satisfy the equality pτ=pp\circ\tau=p, we discover a connection between the sectional category of the double covers q:EE/τq:E\to E/\tau and qY:Fp(E,2)Fp(E,2)/Z2q^Y:F_{p'}(E',2)\to F_{p'}(E',2)/\mathbb{Z}_2 from the 22-ordered fibre-wise configuration space Fp(E,2)F_{p'}(E',2) to its unordered quotient Fp(E,2)/Z2 F_{p'}(E',2)/\mathbb{Z}_2, and the parametrized Borsuk-Ulam property (PBUP) for the triple ((p,τ);p)\left((p,\tau);p'\right). Explicitly, we demonstrate that the triple ((p,τ);p)\left((p,\tau);p'\right) satisfies the PBUP if the sectional category of qq is bigger than the sectional category of qpq^{p'}. This property connects a standard problem in parametrized Borsuk-Ulam theory to current research trends in sectional category. As applictions of our results, we explore the PBUP for E,EE, E' one of the following fibrations: trivial fibration, Hopf fibration and the Fadell-Neuwirth fibration.

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@article{arxiv.2404.04470,
  title  = {Sectional Category and the parametrized Borsuk-Ulam property},
  author = {Cesar A. Ipanaque Zapata and Daciberg L. Gonçalves},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.04470},
  year   = {2024}
}

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