Abstract
We prove that the Reeb space of a proper definable map $$f:X \rightarrow Y$$ in an arbitrary o-minimal expansion of a real closed field is realizable as a proper definable quotient. This result can be seen as an o-minimal analog of Stein factorization of proper morphisms in algebraic geometry. We also show that the Betti numbers of the Reeb space of f can be arbitrarily large compared to those of X, unlike in the special case of Reeb graphs of manifolds. Nevertheless, in the special case when $$f:X \rightarrow Y$$ is a semi-algebraic map and X is closed and bounded, we prove a singly exponential upper bound on the Betti numbers of the Reeb space of f in terms of the number and degrees of the polynomials defining X, Y, and f.
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