On contact between submanifolds
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: On contact between submanifolds
zbMATH Open document ID: 0601.53007
author: James Montaldi
published in: Michigan Mathematical Journal
publication date: 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Given two pairs of submanifold-germs at the origin in \(R^ n\), then the pairs have the same contact type if there is a diffeomorphism-germ of \((R^ n,0)\) taking one pair to the other. The main result of this paper is the following: For \(i=1,2\), let \(g_ i: (X_ i,x_ i)\to (R^ n,0)\) be immersion-germs and \(f_ i: (R^ n,0)\to (R^ p,0)\) be submersion-germs, with \(Y_ i=f_ i^{-1}(0)\). Then the pairs \((X_ 1,Y_ 1)\) and \((X_ 2,Y_ 2)\) have the same contact type if and only if \(f_ 1\circ g_ 1\) and \(f_ 2\circ g_ 2\) are K-equivalent. This relationship also serves to elucidate the work of \textit{I. R. Porteous} on the distance-squared function and the geometry of submanifolds of Euclidean space [J. Differ. Geom. 5, 543-564 (1971; Zbl 0226.53010)].
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53A07
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57R35
zbMATH DE Number: 3969546
zbMATH Keywords: contact of submanifolds
zbMATH Keywords: diffeomorphism-germ
zbMATH Keywords: immersion-germs
zbMATH Keywords: submersion-germs
zbMATH Keywords: K-equivalent
reviewed by: Yuliang Shen
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1307/mmj/1029003348
OpenAlex ID: W2001493023
DOI: 10.1307/MMJ/1029003348
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