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.
New 2-links created in 4D spaces, topologically unknotted but not smoothly.
problem Creating exotic 2-links in 4D spaces.
method A construction procedure to generate infinite sets of 2-links.
result First examples of 2-links that are topologically unknotted but not smoothly.
Study framed links in simply connected 4-manifolds, linking to exotic phenomena.
problem Understanding framed links in simply connected 4-manifolds and their relation to exotic phenomena.
method Analyzing the set of framed smoothly slice links on the boundary of a 1-handlebody in a closed, simply connected, smooth 4-manifold.
result Exotic 4-manifolds are distinguished by links that are slice in the exotic manifold but not in the standard D4. 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.
The study distinguishes exotic R^4's using knot Floer homology and Casson handles.
problem Distinguishing exotic R^4's with different knot Floer homologies.
method Using Gadgil's end Floer homology and Casson handles.
result A countably infinite family of pairwise nondiffeomorphic chiral exotic R^4's.
The paper constructs exotic surface links in 4-ball, proving their Brunnian nature.
problem Investigating exotic surface links in 4-ball.
method Two constructions of Brunnian exotic surface links, using satellite operations and covering links.
result Provided constructions of exotic Brunnian surface links with varied properties.
Study on four-dimensional Dehn twists and Milnor fibrations, revealing new phenomena.
problem Understanding the monodromy of Milnor fibrations of surface singularities.
method Using Seiberg-Witten invariant and monopole Floer homology.
result Infinite order non-triviality results for boundary Dehn twists.
New contactomorphisms found via Dehn twists on 3-manifold sums.
problem Detecting exotic contactomorphisms in 3-manifold sums.
method Combining Kronheimer-Mrowka invariant and h-principle for convex spheres.
result First examples of infinite-order exotic contactomorphisms.
The paper introduces a new model to improve exotic option pricing.
problem Challenges in pricing exotic options and structured products due to market phenomena.
method Introduces a Diffusion-Conditional Probability Model (DDPM) with a composite loss function and P-Q dynamic game framework.
result The DDPM outperforms traditional models in dynamic games for European and Asian options, but underestimates tail risks.
We provide explicit, simple, geometric formulas for free involutions rho of Euclidean spheres that are not conjugate to the antipodal involution. Therefore the quotient S^n/rho is a manifold that is homotopically equivalent but not diffeomorphic to RP^n. We use these formulas for constructing explicit non-trivial eleme…
We show that, for certain families φs of diffeomorphisms of high-dimensional spheres, the commutator of the Dehn twist along the zero-section of T∗Sn with the family of pullbacks φs∗ gives a noncontractible family of compactly-supported symplectomorphisms. In particular, we find example…
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.
We consider the Hodge Laplacian on manifolds with incomplete edge singularities, with infinite dimensional von Neumann spaces and intricate elliptic boundary value theory. We single out a class of its algebraic self-adjoint extensions. Our microlocal heat kernel construction for algebraic boundary conditions is guided …
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.
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. The paper constructs manifolds without smooth psc metrics but with L∞-metrics that are psc outside singular points.
problem Constructing manifolds without smooth positive scalar curvature metrics.
method Constructing manifolds with point singularities and L∞-metrics that are psc outside the singular set. result Examples of manifolds with point singularities that do not admit smooth psc metrics but do admit L∞-metrics that are psc outside the singular set. 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.
We consider the action of symplectic monodromy on chain-level enhancements of quantum cohomology. First, we construct a family version of A∞-structure on quantum cohomology (this should morally correspond to Hochschild cohomology of a "family of Fukaya categories over the circle"). Following Kaledin, we look at…
Link homology theories connect to 4-manifold invariants and TQFTs.
problem Connecting link homology theories to 4-manifold invariants and TQFTs.
method Functorial link homologies, skein modules, handle decompositions.
result Link homology theories become diagram-independent and furnish invariants of 4-manifolds.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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+.
In this paper we introduce exotic twisted T-equivariant K-theory of loop space LZ depending on the (typically non-flat) holonomy line bundle LB on LZ induced from a gerbe with connection B on Z. We also define exotic twisted T-equivariant Chern character that maps the exotic tw…
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.
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.
We demonstrate new applications of the trace embedding lemma to the study of piecewise-linear surfaces and the detection of exotic phenomena in dimension four. We provide infinitely many pairs of homeomorphic 4-manifolds W and W′ homotopy equivalent to S2 which have smooth structures distinguished by several for…
New example of non-smooth isotopy after stabilization in 4-manifolds.
problem Non-smooth isotopy of Dehn twist after stabilization.
method Pin(2)-equivariant Bauer-Furuta invariant.
result Dehn twist is not smoothly isotopic even after stabilization.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.