Constructing manifolds by homotopy equivalences I. An obstruction to constructing PL-manifolds from homology manifolds
Sato, Hajime
Annales de l'Institut Fourier, Tome 22 (1972), p. 271-286 / Harvested from Numdam
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Nous visons à construire une variété semi-linéaire qui est cellulairement équivalente à une variété homologique M n donnée. Le théorème dit qu’il y a un élément d’obstruction unique dans H n-4 (M;ℋ 3 ), où ℋ 3 est un groupe de sphères homologiques qui sont des variétés semi-linéaires. Les éléments triviaux de ℋ 3 sont ceux qui sont un bord d’une variété semi-linéaire acyclique. Si l’obstruction est zéro et M compacte, nous obtenons une variété semi-linéaire qui est simplement homotopiquement équivalente à M.

We aim at constructing a PL-manifold which is cellularly equivalent to a given homology manifold M n . The main theorem says that there is a unique obstruction element in H n-4 (M,ℋ 3 ), where ℋ 3 is the group of 3-dimensional PL-homology spheres modulo those which are the boundary of an acyclic PL-manifold. If the obstruction is zero and M is compact, we obtain a PL-manifold which is simple homotopy equivalent to M.

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Sato, Hajime. Constructing manifolds by homotopy equivalences I. An obstruction to constructing PL-manifolds from homology manifolds. Annales de l'Institut Fourier, Tome 22 (1972) pp. 271-286. doi : 10.5802/aif.406. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/AIF_1972__22_1_271_0/

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