Abstract
A well-known formula of R J Herbert’s relates the various homology classes represented by the self-intersection immersions of a self-transverse immersion. We prove a geometrical version of Herbert’s formula by considering the self-intersection immersions of a self-transverse immersion up to bordism. This clarifies the geometry lying behind Herbert’s formula and leads to a homotopy commutative diagram of Thom complexes. It enables us to generalise the formula to other homology theories. The proof is based on Herbert’s but uses the relationship between self-intersections and stable Hopf invariants and the fact that bordism of immersions gives a functor on the category of smooth manifolds and proper immersions.
Citation
Peter J Eccles. Mark Grant. "Bordism groups of immersions and classes represented by self-intersections." Algebr. Geom. Topol. 7 (2) 1081 - 1097, 2007. https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2007.7.1081
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