291,601 research outputs found
Cobordism of Morse functions on surfaces, the universal complex of singular fibers and their application to map germs
We give a new and simple proof for the computation of the oriented and the
unoriented fold cobordism groups of Morse functions on surfaces. We also
compute similar cobordism groups of Morse functions based on simple stable maps
of 3-manifolds into the plane. Furthermore, we show that certain cohomology
classes associated with the universal complexes of singular fibers give
complete invariants for all these cobordism groups. We also discuss invariants
derived from hypercohomologies of the universal homology complexes of singular
fibers. Finally, as an application of the theory of universal complexes of
singular fibers, we show that for generic smooth map germs g: (R^3, 0) -->
(R^2, 0) with R^2 being oriented, the algebraic number of cusps appearing in a
stable perturbation of g is a local topological invariant of g.Comment: This is the version published by Algebraic & Geometric Topology on 7
April 200
Frobenius algebras and homotopy fixed points of group actions on bicategories
We explicitly show that symmetric Frobenius structures on a
finite-dimensional, semi-simple algebra stand in bijection to homotopy fixed
points of the trivial SO(2)-action on the bicategory of finite-dimensional,
semi-simple algebras, bimodules and intertwiners. The results are motivated by
the 2-dimensional Cobordism Hypothesis for oriented manifolds, and can hence be
interpreted in the realm of Topological Quantum Field Theory.Comment: 19 pages, published in TA
- …