Abstract
In his work on singularities, expanders and topology of maps, Gromov showed, using isoperimetric inequalities in graded algebras, that every real-valued map on the –torus admits a fibre whose homological size is bounded below by some universal constant depending on . He obtained similar estimates for maps with values in finite-dimensional complexes, by a Lusternik–Schnirelmann-type argument.
We describe a new homological filling technique which enables us to derive sharp lower bounds in these theorems in certain situations. This partly realises a programme envisaged by Gromov.
In contrast to previous approaches, our methods imply similar lower bounds for maps defined on products of higher-dimensional spheres.
Citation
Meru Alagalingam. "Algebraic filling inequalities and cohomological width." Algebr. Geom. Topol. 19 (6) 2855 - 2898, 2019. https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2019.19.2855
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