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If F is a family of mod 2 k-cycles in the unit n-ball, we lower bound the maximal volume of any cycle in F in terms of the homology class of F in the space of all cycles. We give examples to show that these lower bounds are fairly sharp.
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Received: February 2007, Revision: January 2008, Accepted: January 2008
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Guth, L. Minimax Problems Related to Cup Powers and Steenrod Squares. GAFA Geom. funct. anal. 18, 1917–1987 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00039-009-0710-2
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