The paper constructs homotopy 4-spheres using pochette surgery.
problem Creating homotopy 4-spheres from pochette surgeries.
method Pochette surgery generalizes Gluck surgery to construct embeddings of pochettes into the 4-sphere and proves homotopy 4-spheres are diffeomorphic to the 4-sphere.
result Homotopy 4-spheres obtained from pochette surgeries are all diffeomorphic to the 4-sphere.
Study pochette surgery on 4-manifolds, focusing on 4-spheres.
problem Understanding pochette surgery on 4-spheres and its effects.
method Using linking number of pochette embeddings, compute homology and analyze surgeries.
result Pochette surgery on any homology 4-sphere can be computed via homology, and trivial cord surgeries do not change diffeomorphism type.
The paper examines trisection diagrams of spun knots and shows they are standard for certain cases.
problem Whether trisection diagrams induced by the Gluck surgery on specific knots are standard.
method Explicit depiction and analysis of trisection diagrams for spun (2n+1,−2)-torus knots. result Trisection diagrams are standard for spun (2n+1,−2)-torus knots when n=1 and homologically standard for all n. Computes Vafa-Witten invariants of 3-manifolds.
problem Computing invariants of 3-manifolds.
method Explicit computations using Vafa-Witten theory.
result Explicit invariants computed for specific 3-manifolds.
The paper extends symplectic techniques to generalized complex geometry.
problem Creating stable generalized complex structures on high-dimensional manifolds.
method Introducing generalized Luttinger surgery and generalized Gluck twist.
result Produced stable generalized complex structures with non-homotopy-equivalent components.
We study embedded spheres in 4-manifolds (2-knots) via doubly pointed trisection diagrams, showing that such descriptions are unique up to stabilization and handleslides, and we describe how to obtain trisection diagrams for certain cut-and-paste operations along 2-knots directly from doubly pointed trisection diagrams…
Gluck twisting certain knots results in standard 4-spheres.
problem Understanding when Gluck twists yield standard 4-spheres.
method Analyzing smooth homotopy 4-spheres and diffeomorphisms.
result Infinite collection of twisted doubles of corks are standard.
Standard trisection diagrams found for a specific type of knot.
problem Finding standard trisection diagrams for Gluck twists.
method Using a specific method to obtain trisection diagrams for spun (p+1,p)-torus knots. result Standard trisection diagrams were found for the spun (p+1,p)-torus knots. We give a simple criterion when a Gluck twisting an odd smooth 4-manifold along a 2-sphere S⊂X does not change its diffeomorphism type. We obtain this by handlebody techniques and plug twisting operation, getting a slightly stronger version of the known fact that Gluck twisting of a 2-sphere S⊂X of a …
The Gluck twist preserves the diffeomorphism type of certain satellite 2-knots.
problem Preserving the diffeomorphism type of satellite 2-knots under the Gluck twist.
method Using new descriptions of satellite 2-knots, the paper shows that the Gluck twist does not change the diffeomorphism type of certain satellite 2-knots in three ways.
result The Gluck twist preserves the diffeomorphism type of certain satellite 2-knots.
New examples of Schoenflies balls are produced using a 5D approach.
problem Identifying Schoenflies balls that are not standard.
method Using a 5-dimensional perspective, algebraic and geometric handle cancellation.
result New examples of Schoenflies balls not known to be standard are produced.
The paper extends Gluck and Warner's result on fibrations of spheres by great subspheres.
problem Understanding when two Hopf fibrations of S2n−1 agree on a fiber. method Characterizing the conditions for two Hopf fibrations of S2n−1 to agree on a fiber. result A complete characterization of the conditions for two Hopf fibrations of S2n−1 to agree on a fiber. We show that by performing the Gluck twist along the 2-knot Kpq2 derived from two ribbon presentations of the ribbon 1-knot K(p,q) we get the standard 4-sphere S4. In the proof we apply Kirby calculus.
The union of singular orbits of an effective locally smooth circle action on the 4-sphere consists of two 2-knots, K and K′, intersecting at two points transversely. Each of K and K′ is called a branched twist spin. A twist spun knot is an example of a branched twist spin. The Gluck twists along…
Heegaard diagrams for 5-manifolds help in understanding their structure.
problem Understanding the structure of 5-dimensional manifolds.
method Introducing a version of Heegaard diagrams for 5-dimensional cobordisms and manifolds, showing diffeomorphisms through specific moves.
result Every smooth 5-manifold can be represented by a Heegaard diagram, and diagrams representing diffeomorphic manifolds are related by certain moves.
Gluck twists on spheres yield equivalent 4-manifolds under certain conditions.
problem Understanding when Gluck twists on spheres result in homeomorphic or simple homotopy equivalent manifolds.
method Analyzing the Gluck twist operation on 4-manifolds with spheres of different relationships (concordant, homotopic) and examining their resulting manifolds.
result Gluck twists on concordant or homotopic spheres yield equivalent 4-manifolds under specific conditions.
As shown by H. Gluck in 1962, the diffeotopy group of S^1 \times S^2 is isomorphic to Z_2 + Z_2 + Z_2. Here an alternative proof of this result is given, relying on contact topology. We then discuss two applications to contact topology: (i) it is shown that the fundamental group of the space of contact structures on S^…
Knots in 3-manifolds are equivalent if isotopic, except in special cases.
problem Understanding when knots in 3-manifolds are equivalent and isotopic.
method Analyzing prime, closed, oriented 3-manifolds and irreducible manifolds, and considering orientation-preserving mapping class groups and homeomorphisms.
result Knots in prime, closed, oriented 3-manifolds are isotopic if and only if the orientation preserving mapping class group is trivial.
Study shows how any group can be fundamental of a non-orientable 4-manifold with exotic structure.
problem Realizing any finitely presented group as the fundamental group of a non-orientable 4-manifold with exotic structure.
method Performing a Gluck twist to obtain an exotic smooth structure, and using 2-covers to stabilize the structure.
result Any finitely presented group can be realized as the fundamental group of a non-orientable 4-manifold with exotic structure.
The goal of this book is to characterize algebraically the closed 4-manifolds that fibre nontrivially or admit geometries in the sense of Thurston, or which are obtained by surgery on 2-knots, and to provide a reference for the topology of such manifolds and knots. The first chapter is purely algebraic. The rest of the…
A theorem of Katanaga, Saeki, Teragaito, and Yamada relates Gluck and Price twists of 4-manifolds. Using trisection diagrams, we give a purely diagrammatic proof of this theorem, and answer a question of Kim and Miller.
Extends exotic embeddings of RP^2 to a larger family and produces homotopy spheres.
problem Constructing exotic embeddings of RP^2 and homotopy spheres.
method Using Montesinos knots and roll-spun knots to prove the existence of homotopy spheres.
result An infinite family of homotopy spheres and homotopy CP^2s are produced.
New non-orientable 4-manifolds created via knotting operations.
problem Creating non-orientable 4-manifolds with specific properties.
method Twisting operations on embedded spheres and projective planes.
result Existence of non-diffeomorphic manifolds homeomorphic to Y. We show the homotopy spheres Σn=−W⌣fnW, formed by doubling the infinite order loose-cork (W,f) by iterates of the cork diffeomorphism f:∂W→∂W is S4. To do this we first show that Σn are obtained by Gluck twistings of S4; then from this we show how to cancel 3-han…
For any positive integer n we give a Zn-cork with a Zn-effective embedding in a 4-manifold being homeomorphic to E(n). This means that a cork gives a subset Zn in the differential structures on E(n). Further, we describe handle decompositions of the twisted doubles (homotopy…
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…
We study generalized Killing spinors on the standard sphere S3, which turn out to be related to Lagrangian embeddings in the nearly Kähler manifold S3×S3 and to great circle flows on S3. Using our methods we generalize a well known result of Gluck and Gu concerning divergence-free geod…
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…
Formula connects surgeries to Seiberg-Witten invariants.
problem Understanding how surgeries affect Seiberg-Witten invariants.
method Proves surgery formulas for Seiberg-Witten invariants and families.
result Expresses new invariants in terms of original ones.
Let K be a knot in the 3--sphere. An r-surgery on K is left-orderable if the resulting 3--manifold K(r) of the surgery has left-orderable fundamental group, and an r-surgery on K is called an L-space surgery if K(r) is an L-space. A conjecture of Boyer, Gordon and Watson says that non-reducing surgeries on K can be cla…
Study confirms contact cosmetic surgery for most knots, with exceptions.
problem Determining contact cosmetic surgeries for Legendrian knots.
method Analyzing Legendrian knots, including unknots, and using contact surgery theory.
result Some Legendrian unknots have unique contact surgeries without a cosmetic pair.
Study cosmetic surgeries on knots in homology spheres using Casson-Walker invariant.
problem Cosmetic surgeries on knots in homology spheres and their constraints.
method Rational surgery formula of the Casson-Walker invariant for 2-component links.
result Constraints on knots and surgery slopes for cosmetic surgeries.
Cosmetic surgeries on pretzel knots are unique.
problem Understanding unique three-manifolds from surgeries on knots.
method Analyzing pretzel knots through Dehn surgeries.
result All pretzel knots satisfy the cosmetic surgery conjecture.
We give a new characterization of symplectic surfaces in CP^2 via bridge trisections. Specifically, a minimal genus surface in CP^2 is smoothly isotopic to a symplectic surface if and only if it is smoothly isotopic to a surface in transverse bridge position. We discuss several potential applications, including the cla…
The volume of a k-dimensional foliation F in a Riemannian manifold Mn is defined as the mass of image of the Gauss map, which is a map from M to the Grassmann bundle of k-planes in the tangent bundle. Generalizing a construction by Gluck and Ziller, "singular" foliations by 3-spheres are constructed on…
New method proves cosmetic surgery conjecture for certain knots.
problem Proving the cosmetic surgery conjecture for specific knots.
method Using filtered instanton homology and Chern-Simons filtration.
result Reduced the conjecture to surgeries of ±2 on genus 2 knots. New Heegaard Floer homology findings block chirally cosmetic surgeries.
problem Chirally cosmetic surgeries on knots and manifolds.
method Heegaard Floer homology, immersed curve formulations, and surgery formula.
result New obstructions to chirally cosmetic surgeries identified.
Round surgery diagrams represent 3-manifolds in S3.
problem Representing and manipulating 3-manifolds in S3. method Introducing round surgery diagrams and defining moves to establish Kirby Calculus.
result Any 3-manifold can be obtained by a round surgery on a framed link in S3. The study calculates and analyzes alternating surgeries for various knots.
problem Identifying and understanding alternating surgeries on knots.
method Algorithmic computation and structural analysis of alternating surgery slopes.
result The set of alternating surgery slopes is algorithmically computable and exhibits interesting phenomena.
Contact round surgeries on (S3,ξst) help in constructing and understanding contact 3-manifolds.
problem Constructing contact 3-manifolds using Legendrian surgeries.
method Introducing contact round surgeries of indices 1 and 2, and associating them with surgery diagrams.
result Every closed connected contact 3-manifold can be obtained by a sequence of contact round surgeries on Legendrian knots in (S3,ξst). This paper concerns the truly or purely cosmetic surgery conjecture. We give a survey on exceptional surgeries and cosmetic surgeries. We prove that the slope of an exceptional truly cosmetic surgery on a hyperbolic knot in S3 must be ±1 and the surgery must be toroidal but not Seifert fibred. As consequence we…
Defines contact surgery distance and shows it's bounded by topological surgery distance by 5.
problem Comparing contact structures on 3-manifolds.
method Defining contact surgery distance and proving upper bound on its value.
result Contact surgery distance is at most 5 larger than topological surgery distance.
We show that all exceptional surgeries on hyperbolic alternating knots in the 3-sphere are integral surgeries.
A Seifert surgery is an integral surgery on a knot in S^3 producing a Seifert fiber space which may contain an exceptional fiber of index 0. The Seifert Surgery Network is a 1-dimensional complex whose vertices correspond to Seifert surgeries; its edges correspond to single twistings along "seiferters" or "annular pair…
New proof for a knot type not admitting certain surgeries.
problem Chirally cosmetic surgeries on non-torus 2-bridge knots.
method Proof by contradiction and geometric analysis.
result Proves non-torus 2-bridge knots do not admit chirally cosmetic surgeries.
Study finds chirally cosmetic surgeries on knots and manifolds, contradicting previous conjectures.
problem Disprove conjectures about chirally cosmetic surgeries and purely cosmetic surgeries.
method Construct infinite families of chirally cosmetic surgeries and purely cosmetic surgeries on specific geometric objects.
result Found chirally cosmetic surgeries and purely cosmetic surgeries that contradict previous conjectures.
New surgery operation preserves monotonicity of Lagrangians.
problem Preserving monotonicity of Lagrangians in surgery operations.
method BSP surgery, wall-crossing formula for disk-potentials.
result BSP surgery can preserve monotonicity of Lagrangians.
New insights into cosmetic surgeries using Heegaard Floer homology.
problem Understanding cosmetic surgeries on knots and three-manifolds.
method Using Heegaard Floer homology and knot Floer homology.
result Cosmetic surgeries on certain knots have specific coefficient constraints.