Lipschitz homotopies of mappings from 3-sphere to 2-sphere

This work focuses on important step in quantitative topology: given homotopic mappings from S^m to S^n of Lipschitz constant L, build the (asymptotically) simplest homotopy between them (meaning having the least Lipschitz constant). The present paper resolves this problem for the first case where Hopf invariant plays a role: m = 3, n = 2, constructing a homotopy with Lipschitz constant O(L).

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctoral

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2021

Author dc:creator

• Berdnikov, Aleksandr

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Guth, Larry

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• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
• Copyright MIT

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• http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/140367

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/140367