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Sphere fibrations over highly connected manifolds

Algebraic Topology 2023-08-31 v2

Abstract

We construct sphere fibrations over (n1)(n-1)-connected 2n2n-manifolds such that the total space is a connected sum of sphere products. More precisely, for nn even, we construct fibrations Sn1#k1(Sn×S2n1)MkS^{n-1} \to \#^{k-1}(S^n \times S^{2n-1}) \to M_k, where MkM_k is a (n1)(n-1)-connected 2n2n-dimensional Poincar\'{e} duality complex which satisfies Hn(Mk)ZkH_n(M_k)\cong \mathbb{Z}^k, in a localized category of spaces. The construction of the fibration is proved for k2k\geq 2, where the prime 22, and the primes which occur as torsion in π2n1(Sn)\pi_{2n-1}(S^n) are inverted. In specific cases, by either assuming nn is small, or assuming kk is large we can reduce the number of primes that need to be inverted. Integral results are obtained for n=2n=2 or 44, and if kk is bigger than the number of cyclic summands in the stable stem πn1s\pi_{n-1}^s, we obtain results after inverting 22. Finally, we prove some applications for fibrations over N#MkN\# M_k, and for looped configuration spaces.

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@article{arxiv.2305.06738,
  title  = {Sphere fibrations over highly connected manifolds},
  author = {Samik Basu and Aloke Kr. Ghosh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.06738},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

Corrections made to section 4.9

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