4-dimensional topological bordism (Q1101743)

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4-dimensional topological bordism
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    4-dimensional topological bordism (English)
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    This paper assembles together the work of \textit{M. Freedman} on the classification of simply-connected topological 4-manifolds [J. Differ. Geom. 17, 357-454 (1982; Zbl 0528.57011)] and F. Quinn's solution to the 4-dimensional annulus conjecture [\textit{R. Edwards}, Contemp. Math. 35, 211-264 (1984; Zbl 0575.57005)] to show that \(\Omega_ 4^{Top}={\mathbb{Z}}\oplus {\mathbb{Z}}_ 2\) where the first factor arises from the signature of a 4-manifold and the second factor is the Kirby- Siebenmann obstruction to stably smoothing a 4-manifold.
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    topological cobordism in dimension 4
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    stable smoothings
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    4-dimensional annulus conjecture
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    simply-connected topological 4-manifolds
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    signature of a 4-manifold
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    Kirby-Siebenmann obstruction to stably smoothing a 4- manifold
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