Mathematical Sciences Geometry/Topology Seminar

February 15:
Speaker: Steve Ferry (Rutgers)
Title: Desingularizing Homology Manifolds (joint with Bryant, Mio, and Weinberger)

We prove that if X is a closed ANR homology manifold with dim X ≥ 6, then there exist a closed DDP ANR homology manifold Y and a cell-like map Y → X.