Oriented manifold retract for the Lefschetz theorem

ID: oriented-manifold-retract-for-the-lefschetz-theorem

A closed smooth manifold X embeds in Euclidean space. The double M of a closed tubular neighbourhood is a closed oriented manifold retracting onto X. If i is its inclusion and r its retraction, the fixed points of F correspond to those of f, and cyclicity of finite-dimensional trace gives from . Thus the oriented diagonal-class proof of the Lefschetz fixed-point theorem implies the theorem for possibly nonorientable X, without incorrectly treating its diagonal as cooriented.

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