Fold-lift conjecture for Morin maps

Let f:MNf:M\to N be a Morin map. A lift of ff is a map f~:MN×R\tilde{f}:M\to N\times\mathbb{R} whose composition with the projection N×RNN\times\mathbb{R}\to N is ff. Fold-lift conjecture. There is a lift f~:MN×R\tilde{f}:M\to N\times\mathbb{R} of ff which is a fold map. This is an obstruction-theoretic formulation concerning whether Morin maps can be lifted to fold maps; the extracted text gives no resolution status beyond the conjectural formulation.

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László M. Fehér and Ákos K. Matszangosz, “Obstructions for Morin and fold maps: Stiefel-Whitney classes and Euler characteristics of singularity loci”, arXiv:2502.07379 (2025).

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