English

Topological Bordism of Singular Spaces and an Application to Stratified L-Classes

Algebraic Topology 2023-10-16 v3

Abstract

A generalized-homology bordism-theory is constructed, such that for certain manifold homotopy stratified sets (MHSS; Quinn-spaces) homeomorphism-invariant geometric fundamental-classes exist. The construction combines three ideas: Firstly, instead of restricting geometric cycles by conditions on links only, a more flexible framework is built directly via geometric properties, secondly, controlled topology methods are used to give an accessible link-based criterion to detect suitable cycles and thirdly, a geometric argument is used to show, that these classes of cycles are suitable to study the transition to intrinsic stratifications. As an application, we give a construction of topologically (homeomorphism) invariant (homological) L-classes on MHSS Witt-spaces satisfying conditions on Whitehead-groups of links and the dimensional spacing of meeting strata. These L-classes agree, whenever those spaces are additionally pl-pseudomanifolds, with the Goresky-MacPherson L-classes.

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@article{arxiv.2206.06329,
  title  = {Topological Bordism of Singular Spaces and an Application to Stratified L-Classes},
  author = {Martin Rabel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.06329},
  year   = {2023}
}