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The classifying spaces of cobordisms of singular maps have two fairly different constructions. We expose a homotopy theoretical connection between them. As a corollary we show that the classifying spaces in some cases have a simple product structure.
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Both authors were supported by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office NKFIH (OTKA) Grant K 112735; the second author was supported by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office NKFIH (OTKA) Grant K 120697.
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Szűcs, A., Terpai, T. Homotopy investigation of classifying spaces of cobordisms of singular maps. Acta Math. Hungar. 157, 489–502 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10474-019-00926-5
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