Maps with finitely many critical points into high dimensional manifolds

Abstract

Assume that there exists a smooth map between two closed manifolds $M^m\to N^k$ with only finitely many cone-like singular points, where $2\leq k\leq m\leq 2k-1$. If $(m,k)\not\in\{(2,2), (4,3), (5,3), (8,5), (16,9)\}$, then $M^m$ admits a locally trivial topological fibration over $N^k$ and there exists a smooth map $M^m\to N^k$ with at most one critical point.