Cobordism of links (Q1275255): Difference between revisions

A (non-spherical) link is a closed oriented \((n-2)\)-connected smooth \((2n-1)\)-manifold in the \((2n+1)\)-sphere. Such links locally describe the topology of isolated complex hypersurface singularities. They are studied under the cobordism relation using Seifert forms, continuing the work of \textit{V. Blanlœil} and \textit{F. Michel} [Comment. Math. Helv. 72, No. 1, 30-51 (1997; Zbl 0893.57023)], where a new relation of algebraic cobordism of bilinear forms was introduced generalizing work of M. Kervaire and J. Levine. The central classification result (Théorème A.) states that for \(n\geq 3\), two links with fibered complements are cobordant if and only if their Seifert forms are algebraically cobordant. An important step is to replace a link by a cobordant one with an \((n-1)\)-connected Seifert surface (``simple'' link) without changing the Seifert form. Connected sum of links induces a commutative monoid structure on the set of cobordism classes. In the absence of torsion the above classification yields a cobordism to a link decomposing as a connected sum of a link having nondegenerate Seifert form with a link having zero Seifert form. The reference [D] on p. 187 missing in the list on p. 205 is [\textit{A. H. Durfee}, Topology 13, 47-59 (1974; Zbl 0275.57007)].