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Attempt All Ten Problems. Each Problem Is Worth 10 Points. You Must Fully Justify Your Answers

The document is a qualifying exam for Geometry/Topology, consisting of ten problems, each worth 10 points, requiring full justification of answers. Topics include Lie groups, projective spaces, manifold properties, vector fields, homology groups, covering spaces, and fundamental groups. The exam is designed to assess understanding and application of advanced concepts in geometry and topology.

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Attempt All Ten Problems. Each Problem Is Worth 10 Points. You Must Fully Justify Your Answers

The document is a qualifying exam for Geometry/Topology, consisting of ten problems, each worth 10 points, requiring full justification of answers. Topics include Lie groups, projective spaces, manifold properties, vector fields, homology groups, covering spaces, and fundamental groups. The exam is designed to assess understanding and application of advanced concepts in geometry and topology.

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QUALIFYING EXAM

Geometry/Topology
March 2024

Attempt all ten problems. Each problem is worth 10 points. You must fully justify your
answers.

1. (a) (5 pts) Show that the Lie group SL2 (R) = {A ∈ M2×2 (R) | det(A) = 1} is
diffeomorphic to S 1 × R2 .
(b) (5 pts) Show that the Lie group SL2 (C) = {A ∈ M2×2 (C) | det(A) = 1} is
diffeomorphic to S 3 × R3 .
(Hint to both parts: normalize the first row vector.)

2. Let
RPn = (Rn+1 − {0})/(x0 , . . . , xn ) ∼ t(x0 , . . . , xn ),
for all (x0 , . . . , xn ) ∈ Rn+1 − {0} and t ∈ R − {0} be the real n-dimensional projective
space, and let X = {[(x0 , . . . , xn )] ∈ RPn | x0 = 0}, where [(x0 , . . . , xn )] is the equiva-
lence class of (x0 , . . . , xn ). Is it possible to find a smooth map f : RPn → R with 0 ∈ R
as a regular value and preimage f −1 (0) = X?

3. Let M ⊂ N a compact submanifold of codimension ≥ 3. Show that if N is connected


and simply connected, then so is the complement N − M .

4. Let M, N be closed oriented n-manifolds with N connected. Show that if f : M → N


has nonzero degree, then f ∗ : HdR
∗ ∗
(N ; R) → HdR (M ; R) is injective. (Hint: First show
∗ n n
that f : HdR (N ; R) → HdR (M ; R) is injective.)

5. Find two vector fields X and Y on R3 such that X, Y , [X, Y ] are everywhere linearly
independent.

6. Let X be a topological space and p ∈ X. Let Y be the topological space obtained from
X × [0, 1] by contracting (X × {0, 1}) ∪ ({p} × [0, 1]) to a point. Describe the relation
between the homology groups of X and Y .

7. Exhibit a space whose fundamental group is isomorphic to (Z/mZ) ∗ (Z/nZ), where


Z/kZ denotes the integers modulo k and ∗ denotes the free product. Also exhibit a
space whose fundamental group is isomorphic to (Z/mZ) × (Z/nZ).

8. (a) (3 pts) Define what it means for a covering space to be regular.


(b) (7 pts) Give an example of an irregular covering space of the wedge sum S 1 ∨ S 1 .

9. (a) (2 pts) Show that a nonsingular linear A : Cn+1 → Cn+1 induces a smooth map
ΦA : CPn → CPn .
(b) (2 pts) Show that the fixed points of ΦA correspond to eigenvectors of the original
matrix.

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(c) (3 pts) Show that ΦA is a Lefschetz map if the eigenvalues of A all have multiplicity
1.
(d) (3 pts) Show that the Lefschetz number of ΦA is n + 1.

10. Consider the following subsets of R3 :

A = {(0, 0, z) | z ∈ R},
B = {(cos θ, sin θ, 0) | θ ∈ R},
C = {(cos θ, sin θ + 5, 0) | θ ∈ R}.

Show that R3 − A − B and R3 − A − C are not homeomorphic.

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