arXiv research

Introduces and studies k-c-quasifibrations, updating and generalizing previous work.

In this paper we show that for Riemannian manifolds with boundary the natural restriction map is a quasifibration between spaces of metrics of positive scalar curvature. We apply this result to study homotopy properties of spaces of such metrics on manifolds with boundary.

The paper extends a fibration theorem to all orbifolds, proving an isomorphism conjecture.

The orbit projection $π: M \to M/G$ of a proper $G$-manifold $M$ is a fibration if and only if all points in $M$ are regular. Under additional assumptions we show that $π$ is a quasifibration if and only if all points are regular. We get a full answer in the equivariant category: $π$ is a $G$-quasifibration if and only…

The paper studies fundamental groups of orbit configuration spaces and proves their torsion-freeness.

Matroid bundles, introduced by MacPherson, are combinatorial analogues of real vector bundles. This paper sets up the foundations of matroid bundles, and defines a natural transformation from isomorphism classes of real vector bundles to isomorphism classes of matroid bundles, as well as a transformation from matroid b…

The paper defines and analyzes configuration Lie groupoids and orbifold braid groups.