3-manifolds that bound no definite 4-manifolds

DOI10.4310/MRL.2023.V30.N4.A4arXiv2012.12929MaRDI QIDQ6131208FDOQ6131208

Marco Golla, Kyle Larson

Publication date: 4 April 2024

Published in: Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We produce a rational homology 3-sphere that does not smoothly bound either a positive or negative definite 4-manifold. Such a 3-manifold necessarily cannot be rational homology cobordant to a Seifert fibered space or any 3-manifold obtained by Dehn surgery on a knot. The proof requires an analysis of short characteristic covectors in bimodular lattices.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.12929

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Floer homology (57R58) General topology of 4-manifolds (57K40) General topology of 3-manifolds (57K30)

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• 3-manifolds without any embedding in symplectic \(4\)-manifolds

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