New 4-manifolds with exotic diffeomorphisms found.
problem Existence of exotic diffeomorphisms in 4-manifolds.
method Proves existence of infinitely many contractible 4-manifolds with exotic diffeomorphisms.
result Infinitely many contractible 4-manifolds with absolutely exotic diffeomorphisms.
Exotic submanifolds in 4-manifolds remain exotic after stabilizations.
problem Constructing exotic codimension-1 submanifolds in 4-manifolds.
method Constructing pairs of exotic codimension-1 submanifolds with diffeomorphic complements and showing they remain exotic after stabilizations.
result Exotic submanifolds remain exotic after any number of stabilizations.
Study exotic Dehn twists in 4-manifolds, producing first known exotic diffeomorphisms.
problem Detecting exotic diffeomorphisms in 4-manifolds.
method 2-parameter families Seiberg-Witten theory over RP2. result Constructed the smallest closed 4-manifold with exotic diffeomorphisms.
New methods distinguish exotic 4-manifolds using Heegaard Floer homology.
problem Distinguishing exotic 4-manifolds from standard ones.
method Using Heegaard Floer homology to define new invariants.
result New invariants remain distinct in covers and can distinguish exotic manifolds.
Constructs Riemannian foliations with exotic tori as leaves.
problem Creating Riemannian foliations with exotic tori.
method Smooth fiber bundles with exotic tori fibers and finite abelian fundamental group total space.
result Examples of Riemannian foliations with exotic tori leaves and finite abelian fundamental group total space.
The paper presents a new method to create exotic 4-manifolds and surfaces that remain exotic after stabilization.
problem Stabilization of exotic 4-dimensional phenomena and knotted surfaces.
method Elementary approach to constructing exotic 4-manifolds and surfaces, including examples in closed, simply connected 4-manifolds.
result The construction yields exotic surfaces in the 4-ball that remain exotic after stabilization, detected by Khovanov homology.
Constructs exotic proper 2-knots from open 2-handles.
problem Proving topological equivalence of exotic proper knotted surfaces.
method Flexible construction of exotic open 2-handles, distinguishing through genus functions and end Floer homology.
result Constructs infinite families of irreducible exotic proper knotted surfaces.
New actions found on exotic spheres using group theory.
problem Understanding smooth transformations on exotic spheres.
method Recent progress in stable homotopy groups of spheres and group theory.
result Smooth circle and cyclic group actions on exotic spheres produced.
Estimates exotic option prices without a model using market data.
problem Pricing exotic derivatives without a model.
method Uses rough path signatures and implied expected signatures from market prices.
result Prices exotic derivatives using market data and implied expected signatures.
Nonparametric pricing and hedging of exotic derivatives using signature payoffs.
problem Pricing and hedging exotic derivatives accurately and efficiently.
method Introducing signature payoffs and using them to approximate and price exotic derivatives nonparametrically.
result Signature payoffs enable accurate and computationally tractable pricing and hedging of exotic derivatives.
The paper constructs exotic knotted surfaces and curves in 4-manifolds.
problem Understanding exotic knotted surfaces and curves in 4-manifolds.
method Local knotting and construction of surfaces and curves.
result First examples of exotically knotted complex curves and symplectic 2-spheres.
Paper finds exotic diffeomorphisms on specific 4-manifolds.
problem Understanding exotic diffeomorphisms on 4-manifolds with b2+=2. method Comparing winding numbers of parameter families.
result 2\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^2 \# 10 (-\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^2) admits exotic diffeomorphisms.
Detects exotic embeddings in 4-manifolds with boundary.
problem Detecting exotic diffeomorphisms in 4-manifolds with boundary.
method Defined family versions of Kronheimer-Mrowka invariants and used them to find exotic embeddings.
result First example of exotic 3-spheres in a smooth closed 4-manifold with diffeomorphic complements.
Study exotic phenomena in small 4-manifolds using diffeomorphisms.
problem Understanding exotic smooth structures and embeddings in 4-manifolds.
method Using constraints from Seiberg-Witten theory on diffeomorphisms.
result New methods to detect and bound exotic phenomena.
We show how to construct absolutely exotic smooth structures on compact 4-manifolds with boundary, including contractible manifolds. In particular, we prove that any compact smooth 4-manifold W with boundary that admits a relatively exotic structure contains a pair of codimension-zero submanifolds homotopy equivalent t…
Since the first work on exotic smoothness in physics, it was folklore to assume a direct influence of exotic smoothness to quantum gravity. In the second paper, we calculate the "smoothness structure" part of the path integral in quantum gravity for the exotic R^4 as non-compact manifold. We discuss the influence of th…
New exotic structures found on 4-manifolds with specific groups.
problem Finding exotic smooth structures on 4-manifolds with certain fundamental groups.
method Constructing new smooth structures using definite intersection forms and fundamental groups.
result Infinitely many exotic smooth structures on 4-manifolds with fundamental group Z/2Z.
4-manifolds can be exotic after connected sum with S^2 x S^2.
problem Existence of exotic contractible 4-manifolds.
method Constructed a cork that remains exotic after connected sum with S^2 x S^2.
result Existence of exotic pair of contractible 4-manifolds.
This paper constructs exotic diffeomorphisms on reducible 4-manifolds with odd b+.
problem Detecting exotic diffeomorphisms on reducible 4-manifolds with odd b+.
method Using a families Bauer-Furuta invariant and pin-cobordism.
result Constructs exotic diffeomorphisms on reducible 4-manifolds with odd b+.
New exotic 4-manifolds found with small trisection genus.
problem Finding exotic 4-manifolds with small trisection genus.
method Constructing genus-3 relative trisections for contractible 4-manifolds.
result Exotic 4-manifolds with boundary have trisection genus of 4.
Classifies geodesic planes outside convex core of geometrically finite 3-manifolds.
problem Classifying geodesic planes in geometrically finite 3-manifolds.
method Constructive proof involving exotic rays and roofs.
result Existence of exotic roofs depends on the existence of exotic rays and bending lamination properties.
Extends T-duality to exotic Courant algebroids.
problem Lack of T-duality for exotic Courant algebroids.
method Extends T-duality isomorphism to exotic exact Courant algebroids.
result Exchange of momentum and winding numbers.
Exotic diffeomorphisms found on complex surfaces and 4-manifolds.
problem Finding exotic diffeomorphisms on 4-manifolds.
method Minimal complex surfaces and spin 4-manifolds with S3 boundary. result First known instances of exotic diffeomorphisms of irreducible 4-manifolds.
New exotic 4D spaces found using knot slicing techniques.
problem Finding non-diffeomorphic exotic 4D spaces.
method Using RBG links to create slice knots with non-diffeomorphic complements.
result Distinguished new exotic 4D spaces using end Floer homology.
Study of torus surgeries on knot traces, finding exotic surfaces and traces.
problem Understanding exotic surfaces and traces through torus surgeries.
method Realizing annulus twisting as torus surgery, using key technical insight.
result Exotic elliptic surfaces and traces discovered, improving known geography.
Paper explores using 0-surgery to find exotic 4-manifolds.
problem Distinguishing smooth structures on 4-manifolds.
method Uses 0-surgery homeomorphisms to generate exotic pairs.
result Found 5 topologically slice knots potentially leading to exotic spheres.
New results on localization of exotic diffeomorphisms in 4-manifolds.
problem Understanding when groups of exotic diffeomorphisms can be localized to smaller embedded submanifolds.
method Analyzing families Seiberg-Witten theory, Dehn twists, and properties of Seifert fibered homology spheres.
result Exotic diffeomorphisms cannot be localized to topologically embedded rational homology balls or homology spheres.
Paper defines end Khovanov homology to detect exotic planes.
problem Detecting exotic Lagrangian and symplectic planes in 4-space.
method Define and apply end Khovanov homology to surfaces in 4-space.
result First known examples of exotic Lagrangian and symplectic planes found.
New exotic 4D spaces with nontrivial mappings.
problem Creating exotic copies of R4 with nontrivial mapping class groups. method Modification of diffeomorphism corks to make exteriors simply-connected.
result Construct exotic copies of R4 with mapping class groups of arbitrarily large rank. Construct non-split 2-component links in S4 to produce exotic pairs of 4-manifolds
problem Construct non-split 2-component links in S4 method Construct non-split 2-component links in S4 result Obtain exotic pairs of simply connected, definite 4-manifolds with boundary
New method uses Khovanov homology to distinguish exotic 4-manifolds.
problem Distinguishing exotic compact, orientable 4-manifolds.
method Introduces a new, simple way of using Khovanov homology.
result First analysis-free proof of existence of exotic Mazur manifolds.
The paper creates exotic 4-manifold structures with a specific group.
problem Producing exotic structures on 4-manifolds with infinite dihedral fundamental group.
method Using specific conditions on b2+ and b2−, the paper constructs these structures. result The existence of infinite exotic structures on 4-manifolds with infinite dihedral fundamental group.
New exotic semi-norms on homology discovered.
problem Understanding refined size information on homology classes.
method Developed finite functorial semi-norms on singular homology.
result Exotic semi-norms not carried by the l^1-semi-norm.
Exotic hypercomplex structures on a torus are proven to not exist.
problem Existence of exotic hypercomplex structures on a torus.
method Classification of complete flat affine structures on real tori using the Obata connection.
result Exotic hypercomplex structures on a torus do not exist.
Exotic diffeomorphism survives stabilizations on a contractible 4-manifold.
problem Finding exotic diffeomorphisms on contractible 4-manifolds.
method Developed a Pin(2) × Z_2-equivariant refinement for computing Seiberg-Witten Floer homotopy types.
result Constructed an exotic diffeomorphism that survives two stabilizations.
Paper extends Miyazawa's construction to more 4-manifolds, finding exotic involutions and embeddings.
problem Finding exotic involutions and embeddings in 4-manifolds.
method Real Seiberg-Witten theory.
result Many infinite families of exotic involutions and embeddings.
New module constructs exotic surfaces in 4-manifolds.
problem Constructing exotic surfaces in 4-manifolds.
method Using Bar-Natan Khovanov homology and skein lasagna gluing maps.
result Exotic surfaces require at least one internal stabilization.
An explicit example of an exotic symplectic R6 is given. Together with an earlier known example on R4, this yields an explicit exotic symplectic form on R2n for all n≥2.
Introduces new K-theory for loop spaces with specific holonomy bundles.
problem Developing a new K-theory framework for loop spaces with exotic twists.
method Defines exotic twisted equivariant K-theory and Chern character.
result Establishes a mapping between new K-theory and cohomology.
Study exotic tori and their SL_d(Z) actions, proving many do not admit nontrivial actions.
problem Characterize exotic tori admitting SL_d(Z) actions.
method Compute mapping class groups, analyze homology actions, and prove non-existence of nontrivial actions.
result Many exotic tori do not admit nontrivial SL_d(Z) actions.
The paper constructs corks and exotic 4-manifolds with controlled shadow-complexity.
problem Constructing exotic 4-manifolds with controlled shadow-complexity.
method Using corks of Mazur type, the authors construct exotic pairs of 4-manifolds with controlled shadow-complexity.
result An infinite family of exotic pairs of 4-manifolds with controlled shadow-complexity.
The paper constructs exotic complex projective surfaces using rational blowdowns.
problem Finding exotic complex projective surfaces with specific invariants.
method Rational blowdowns and construction of Kollár--Shepherd-Barron--Alexeev surfaces.
result First exotic surfaces constructed, including minimal and symplectic ones.
The paper constructs exotic 4-manifolds using knots in S1imesS2.
problem Generating exotic smooth 4-manifolds using knots in S1imesS2. method Constructive proof of concordance classes and use of knots with hyperbolic complements.
result Established existence of absolutely exotic contractible Stein manifold pairs.
Optimal hedging strategies for exotic options using vanilla options.
problem Hedging exotic options with illiquid vanilla options.
method Simple approximations and variational techniques in a market model and stochastic volatility model framework.
result Optimal Delta and Vega hedging strategies can be computed easily.
We study the possibility of realizing exotic smooth structures on punctured simply connected 4-manifolds as leaves of a codimension one foliation on a compact manifold. In particular, we show the existence of uncountably many smooth open 4-manifolds which are not diffeomorphic to any leaf of a codimension one trans…
New exotic 4-manifolds with zero signature found.
problem Finding exotic 4-manifolds with specific properties.
method Special small Lefschetz fibrations built via positive factorizations in the mapping class group.
result Smallest known exotic closed simply connected 4-manifolds with signature zero.
New method uses Floer homology to create exotic disk pairs.
problem Creating exotic disk pairs in 4-manifolds.
method Singular instanton Floer homology with Chern--Simons filtration.
result Constructs exotic pairs of slice disks and knots.
Study shows exotic Dehn twists on certain 3-sphere fillings.
problem Extending group actions from boundaries to interiors of 4-manifolds.
method Analyzing Dehn twists on Seifert homology spheres and their fillings.
result Dehn twists on certain fillings are infinite order exotic.