Cohomological lower-bound conjecture for distributional sectional category

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Let p:EBp:E\to B be a map, let n1n\ge 1, and let

pn:SPn!(E)SPn!(B)p_n:SP^{n!}(E)\to SP^{n!}(B)

be induced by the functor SPn!SP^{n!}. Let

δn:BSPn!(B)\delta_n:B\to SP^{n!}(B)

be the diagonal inclusion. For a ring RR, suppose that αiHki(SPn!(B);R)\alpha_i^*\in H^{k_i}(SP^{n!}(B);R), 1in1\le i\le n, with ki1k_i\ge 1, satisfy pn(αi)=0p_n^*(\alpha_i^*)=0. Let αi=δn(αi)\alpha_i=\delta_n^*(\alpha_i^*).

Proposed cohomological lower bound. If

α1αn0,\alpha_1\smile\cdots\smile\alpha_n\ne 0,

then

dsecat(p)n.\operatorname{\mathsf{dsecat}}(p)\ge n.

This is proposed as a generalization of Schwarz's cohomological lower bound for sectional category and of an earlier lower-bound result for distributional topological complexity. The supplied text does not state whether the proposed bound has been proved or disproved.

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Primary source

Ekansh Jauhari, “On sequential versions of distributional topological complexity”, arXiv:2401.17218 (2025).

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