Cobordism conjecture for Morin and de-suspended singular loci of twisted prim maps

Let f ⁣:MnNn+kf\colon M^n\to N^{n+k} be a twisted prim map, where MM is closed and kr1k\geq r-1, and let f~ ⁣:M×Rr1N\tilde f\colon M\times\mathbb{R}^{r-1}\to N be a de-suspension of ff. The submanifolds Σ1r(f)\overline{\Sigma}^{1_r}(f) and Σr(f~)(M×{0})\Sigma^r(\tilde f)\cap (M\times\{0\}) of MM are embedded-cobordant in MM.

Cobordism conjecture. This cobordism is oriented if MM and NN are oriented, the codimension kk is odd, and rr is even.

The conjecture would remove the factors 22 in the corresponding theorem and corollary for twisted prim maps, strengthening the known coincidence of the associated Thom-polynomial classes to a geometric equivalence of the singular loci. The source presents this as an open conjecture.

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András Csépai, András Szűcs and Tamás Terpai, “On coincidences of Morin and first order Thom–Boardman singular loci”, arXiv:2403.00332 (2024).

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