Wecken property for roots

Gonçalves, Daciberg; Wong, Peter

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-05-07820-2

Wecken property for roots
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Abstract:

We show that maps from a compact space into a topological manifold which have geometric Nielsen root number zero satisfy the Wecken property, i.e., $N(f;a)=0 \Rightarrow f\sim g$ such that $g^{-1}(a)=\emptyset$.

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