On the non-existence of special generic maps on complex projective spaces

Abstract

We prove the non-existence of special generic maps on complex projective space as our extended new result. Simplest special generic maps are Morse functions with exactly two singular points on spheres, or Morse functions in Reeb's theorem, and canonical projections of unit spheres. Manifolds represented as connected sums of products of manifolds diffeomorphic to unit spheres admit such maps in considerable cases. Real and complex projective spaces have been shown to admit no such maps in most cases by the author. This gives a complete answer for complex projective spaces as a corollary to a more general result, which is also our main result.