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MIXED STRUCTURES ON A MANIFOLD WITH BOUNDARY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2006

ALBERTO CAVICCHIOLI
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213/B, 41100 Modena, Italia e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
YURIJ V. MURANOV
Affiliation:
Department of Information Science and Management, Institute of Modern Knowledge, ulica Gor'kogo 42, 210004 Vitebsk, Belarus e-mail: [email protected]
FULVIA SPAGGIARI
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213/B, 41100 Modena, Italia e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
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Abstract

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For a closed topological $n$-manifold $X$, the surgery exact sequence contains the set of manifold structures and the set of tangential structures of $X$. In the case of a compact topological $n$-manifold with boundary $(X$, $\partial X)$, the classical surgery theory usually considers two different types of structures. The first one concerns structures whose restrictions are fixed on the boundary. The second one uses two similar structures on the manifold pair. In his classical book, Wall mentioned the possibility of introducing a mixed type of structure on a manifold with boundary. Following this suggestion, we introduce mixed structures on a topological manifold with boundary, and describe their properties. Then we obtain connections between these structures and the classical ones, and prove that they fit in some surgery exact sequences. The relationships can be described by using certain braids of exact sequences. Finally, we discuss explicitly several geometric examples.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2006 Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust

Footnotes

Partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research Grant No. 05-01-00993, by the GNSAGA of the National Research Council of Italy, by the MIUR (Ministero della Istruzione, Universitàe Ricerca) of Italy within the project Proprietà Geometriche delle Varietà Reali e Complesse, and by a Research grant of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.