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48 results for Cappell-Shaneson spheres

Gompf proposed a conjecture on Cappell-Shaneson matrices whose affirmative answer implies that all Cappell-Shaneson homotopy 4-spheres are diffeomorphic to the standard 4-sphere. We study Gompf conjecture on Cappell-Shaneson matrices using various algebraic number theoretic techniques. We find a hidden symmetry between…

2017-07-12abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper defines and classifies Cappell-Shaneson polynomials.

problem Characterizing Cappell-Shaneson polynomials.
method Algebraic conditions on polynomials, reduction modulo primes, and construction of infinite series.
result Complete lists of Cappell-Shaneson polynomials of degrees 4 and 5, and several infinite series of degree 6.

New homotopy 4-spheres and real projective 4-spaces created.

problem Creating new homotopy 4-spheres and real projective 4-spaces.
method Extending Cappell-Shaneson's construction to produce new sets of smooth 4-manifolds.
result Produces new collections of homotopy 4-spheres and real projective 4-spaces.

Akbulut has recently shown that an infinite family of Cappell-Shaneson homotopy 4-spheres is diffeomorphic to the standard 4-sphere. In the present paper, a strictly larger family is shown to be standard by a simpler method. This new approach uses no Kirby calculus except through the relatively simple 1979 paper of Akb…

2009-08-13abs ↗pdf ↗

The stable Andrews-Curtis conjecture in combinatorial group theory is the statement that every balanced presentation of the trivial group can be simplified to the trivial form by elementary moves corresponding to "handle-slides" together with "stabilization" moves. Schoenflies conjecture is the statement that the compl…

2014-06-26abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that the Cappell-Shaneson version of Pick's theorem for simple lattice polytopes is a consequence of a general relation between characteristic numbers of virtual submanifolds dual to the characteristic classes of a stably almost complex manifold. This relation is analogous to the miraculous cancellation formula…

2007-10-03abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we investigate existence of inequivalent smooth structures on closed smooth non-orientable 4-manifolds building upon results of Akbulut, Cappell-Shaneson, Fintushel-Stern, Gompf, and Stolz. We add to the number of known constructions and provide new examples of exotic manifolds that are obtained as an ap…

2013-06-11abs ↗pdf ↗

In 1987 S Cappell and J Shaneson constructed an s-cobordism H from the quaternionic 3-manifold Q to itself, and asked whether H or any of its covers are trivial product cobordism? In this paper we study H, and in particular show that its 8-fold cover is the product cobordism from S^3 to itself. We reduce the triviality…

2002-08-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Within its traditional range of perversity parameters, intersection cohomology is a topological invariant of pseudomanifolds. This is no longer true once one allows superperversities, in which case intersection cohomology may depend on the choice of the stratification by which it is defined. Topological invariance also…

2004-07-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Kervaire's sphere-link is equivalent to a ribbon sphere-link, simplifying complex 2-complexes.

problem Understanding the structure of 2-complexes and their asphericity.
method Using Kervaire's sphere-link and ribbon sphere-link equivalence, analyzing the compact complement of ribbon disk-links.
result Every connected subcomplex of a contractible finite 2-complex is aspherical.

The 3-sphere has either 2 minimal 2-spheres or an optimal foliation by 2-spheres.

problem Proving existence of minimal 2-spheres or optimal foliations in arbitrary Riemannian 3-spheres.
method Analyzing the properties of arbitrary Riemannian metrics on 3-spheres.
result The existence of at least two minimal 2-spheres or an optimal foliation in 3-spheres with arbitrary metrics.

The study shows how to construct dd-spheres from (d1)(d-1)-spheres and dd-balls without additional vertices.

problem Constructing dd-spheres from (d1)(d-1)-spheres and dd-balls without additional vertices.
method Examining specific types of spheres (flag, stacked, join of spheres) and dd-balls to determine if constructions can be made without extra vertices.
result Affirmative answers to constructing dd-spheres from (d1)(d-1)-spheres and dd-balls without additional vertices for certain types of spheres and dd-balls.

Soliton spheres are immersed 2-spheres in the conformal 4-sphere S^4=HP^1 that allow rational, conformal parametrizations f:CP^1->HP^1 obtained via twistor projection and dualization from rational curves in CP^{2n+1}. Soliton spheres can be characterized as the case of equality in the quaternionic Pluecker estimate. A …

2009-05-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Reduces connectivity problem for genus-4 Heegaard surface in 3-sphere.

problem Connectivity problem in reducing sphere complex for genus-4 Heegaard surface.
method Presented a sufficient condition for a non-separating weak reducing pair to be separated by a reducing sphere.
result Reduced connectivity problem to showing disjointness of representative reducing spheres from a fixed disk.

Paper studies inscribed sphere and lines through centers of Apollonius spheres in n dimensions.

problem Tangency of spheres and lines through their centers.
method Lie sphere geometry and two-step construction of Apollonius spheres.
result Center of inscribed sphere coincides with point PXP_X.

In the 1-parameter family of Berger spheres S^3(a), a > 0 (S^3(1) is the round 3-sphere of radius 1) we classify the stable constant mean curvature spheres, showing that in some Berger spheres (a close to 0) there are unstable constant mean curvature spheres. Also, we classify the orientable compact stable constant mea…

2009-06-08abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce and study a new class of homotopy spheres called Farrell-Jones spheres. Using Farrell-Jones sphere we construct examples of closed negatively curved manifolds M2nM^{2n}, where n=7n=7 or 88, which are homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to complex hyperbolic manifolds, thereby giving a partial answer to a que…

2015-10-11abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that among Seifert fibered integer homology spheres, Poincare sphere (with either orientation) is the only non-trivial example which has trivial Heegaard Floer homology. Together with an earlier result, this shows that if an integer homology sphere has trivial Heegaard Floer homology, then it is a connected sum…

2009-09-22abs ↗pdf ↗

We prove a Reeb sphere theorem for finite simple graphs. The result bridges two different definitions of spheres in graph theory. We also reformulate Morse conditions in terms of the center manifolds, the level surface graphs {f=f(x)} in the unit sphere S(x). In the Morse case these graphs are either spheres, the empty…

2019-03-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Study biharmonic hypersurfaces in spheres, proving unique continuation theorem.

problem Characterize biharmonic hypersurfaces in spheres.
method Prove CMC Unique Continuation Theorem for biharmonic hypersurfaces of spheres.
result Supports the conjecture that biharmonic submanifolds of Euclidean spheres must be of constant mean curvature.

We construct a new infinite family of models of exotic 7-spheres. These models are direct generalizations of the Gromoll-Meyer sphere. From their symmetries, geodesics and submanifolds half of them are closer to the standard 7-sphere than any other known model for an exotic 7-sphere.

2006-10-11abs ↗pdf ↗