On the coincidence set of certain maps into homogeneous spaces of compact Lie groups

Abstract Let $$F\hookrightarrow M{\mathop {\rightarrow }\limits ^{q\,}}M/F$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:mo>↪</mml:mo> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> <mml:mover> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mspace/> </mml:mrow> </mml:mover> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> be a fibration, where M is a compact Lie group, $$F\subset M$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:mo>⊂</mml:mo> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> is a closed subgroup and M / F is the homogeneous space of left cosets. Let W be an orientable, connected, closed manifold of the same dimension as M . Given maps $$f,g:W\rightarrow M/F$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> <mml:mo>:</mml:mo> <mml:mi>W</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> that lift through q , we establish a comparison between the ranks of the $$\check{\textrm{C}}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mover> <mml:mtext>C</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>ˇ</mml:mo> </mml:mover> </mml:math> ech cohomology groups of the fiber F and those of the coincidence set $$\textrm{Coin}(f,g)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>Coin</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . As a consequence, we show that for any maps $$f_1\simeq f$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>≃</mml:mo> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and $$g_1\simeq g$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>≃</mml:mo> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , the coincidence set $$\textrm{Coin}(f_1,g_1)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>Coin</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> cannot be a proper subset of any embedded copy of F within W , unless it is empty. We then apply this result to describe minimal coincidence sets for any pairs of maps from either $$S^3$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>S</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:math> or $$\mathbb {R}\textrm{P}^3$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>P</mml:mtext> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> into either $$S^2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>S</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:math> or $$\mathbb {R}\textrm{P}^2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>P</mml:mtext> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow>

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Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications
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2026-04-10
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11784-026-01297-5
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Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
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On the coincidence set of certain maps into homogeneous spaces of compact Lie groups

Daciberg Lima Gonçalves, Marcio Colombo Fenille
Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications
Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
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On the coincidence set of certain maps into homogeneous spaces of compact Lie groups

Daciberg Lima Gonçalves, Marcio Colombo Fenille
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Abstract Let $$F\hookrightarrow M{\mathop {\rightarrow }\limits ^{q\,}}M/F$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:mo>↪</mml:mo> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> <mml:mover> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mspace/> </mml:mrow> </mml:mover> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> be a fibration, where M is a compact Lie group, $$F\subset M$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:mo>⊂</mml:mo> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> is a closed subgroup and M / F is the homogeneous space of left cosets. Let W be an orientable, connected, closed manifold of the same dimension as M . Given maps $$f,g:W\rightarrow M/F$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> <mml:mo>:</mml:mo> <mml:mi>W</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> that lift through q , we establish a comparison between the ranks of the $$\check{\textrm{C}}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mover> <mml:mtext>C</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>ˇ</mml:mo> </mml:mover> </mml:math> ech cohomology groups of the fiber F and those of the coincidence set $$\textrm{Coin}(f,g)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>Coin</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . As a consequence, we show that for any maps $$f_1\simeq f$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>≃</mml:mo> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and $$g_1\simeq g$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>≃</mml:mo> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , the coincidence set $$\textrm{Coin}(f_1,g_1)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>Coin</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> cannot be a proper subset of any embedded copy of F within W , unless it is empty. We then apply this result to describe minimal coincidence sets for any pairs of maps from either $$S^3$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>S</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:math> or $$\mathbb {R}\textrm{P}^3$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>P</mml:mtext> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> into either $$S^2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>S</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:math> or $$\mathbb {R}\textrm{P}^2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>P</mml:mtext> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow>

Journal of Fixed Point Theory and ApplicationsVol. 28(2)
Brazilian Society of Computational and Applied Mathematics (BR), Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (BR)
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Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
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