Bogatyi, S. A.; Gonçalves, D. L.; Kudryavtseva, E. A.; Zieschang, H. Minimal number of preimages under maps of surfaces. (English. Russian original) Zbl 1112.55001 Math. Notes 75, No. 1, 13-18 (2004); translation from Mat. Zametki 75, No. 1, 13-19 (2004). The authors consider a map \(f:M_1\to M_2\) of closed surfaces and \(c\in M_2\). Call \(A(f)\) the absolute degree of \(f\) (cf., [D. B. A. Epstein, Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. 16, 369–383 (1966; Zbl 0148.43103)]) and denote by \(\ell(f)\) the index of \(f_\#(\pi_1(M_1))\) in \(\pi_1(M_2)\). Let \(MR(f):=\min| \bar{f}^{-1}(\{c\})| \) where the minimum is taken over all \(\bar{f}\) which are homotopy equivalent to \(f\). Similarly let \(NR(f)\) denote the Nielsen coincidence number for \(f\) and the constant mapping \(c\). The authors prove that \(MR(f)=NR(f)=0\) provided \(A(f)=0\). If \(A(f)>0\) one gets \(MR(f)=\max\{\ell(f),\chi(M_1)+(1-\chi(M_2))A(f)\}\) and \(NR(f)=\ell(f)\). Reviewer: Christian Fenske (Gießen) Cited in 2 Documents MSC: 55M20 Fixed points and coincidences in algebraic topology 57N05 Topology of the Euclidean \(2\)-space, \(2\)-manifolds (MSC2010) Keywords:closed surface; root problem; Nielsen coincidence number; Wecken property Citations:Zbl 0148.43103 PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{S. A. Bogatyi} et al., Math. Notes 75, No. 1, 13--18 (2004; Zbl 1112.55001); translation from Mat. Zametki 75, No. 1, 13--19 (2004) Full Text: DOI