On Stein spaces with finite homotopy rank-sum

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Autori principali: Biswas, Indranil, Hajra, Buddhadev
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author Biswas, Indranil
Hajra, Buddhadev
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Hajra, Buddhadev
contents A topological space (not necessarily simply connected) is said to have finite homotopy rank-sum if the sum of the ranks of all higher homotopy groups (from the second homotopy group onward) is finite. In this article, we consider Stein spaces of arbitrary dimension satisfying the above rational homotopy theoretic property, although most of this article focuses on Stein surfaces only. We characterize all Stein surfaces satisfying the finite homotopy rank-sum property. In particular, if such a Stein surface is affine and every element of its fundamental group is finite, it is either simply connected or has a fundamental group of order $2$. A detailed classification of the smooth complex affine surfaces of the non-general type satisfying the finite homotopy rank-sum property is obtained. It turns out that these affine surfaces are Eilenberg--MacLane spaces whenever the fundamental group is infinite.
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spellingShingle On Stein spaces with finite homotopy rank-sum
Biswas, Indranil
Hajra, Buddhadev
Algebraic Geometry
Geometric Topology
A topological space (not necessarily simply connected) is said to have finite homotopy rank-sum if the sum of the ranks of all higher homotopy groups (from the second homotopy group onward) is finite. In this article, we consider Stein spaces of arbitrary dimension satisfying the above rational homotopy theoretic property, although most of this article focuses on Stein surfaces only. We characterize all Stein surfaces satisfying the finite homotopy rank-sum property. In particular, if such a Stein surface is affine and every element of its fundamental group is finite, it is either simply connected or has a fundamental group of order $2$. A detailed classification of the smooth complex affine surfaces of the non-general type satisfying the finite homotopy rank-sum property is obtained. It turns out that these affine surfaces are Eilenberg--MacLane spaces whenever the fundamental group is infinite.
title On Stein spaces with finite homotopy rank-sum
topic Algebraic Geometry
Geometric Topology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.18751