Singular fibers of stable maps and signatures of 4-manifolds

Osamu Saeki; Takahiro Yamamoto

doi:10.2140/gt.2006.10.359

Singular fibers of stable maps and signatures of 4-manifolds

Osamu Saeki, Takahiro Yamamoto

Division of Fundamental mathematics

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Abstract

We show that for a C^∞ stable map of an oriented 4-manifold into a 3-manifold, the algebraic number of singular fibers of a specific type coincides with the signature of the source 4-manifold.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	359-399
Number of pages	41
Journal	Geometry and Topology
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2006.10.359
Publication status	Published - Apr 7 2006

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Geometry and Topology

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Singular fibers of stable maps and signatures of 4-manifolds

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