Disjoint spine phenomena in certain contractible \(n\)-manifolds (\(n\geq 5\)) (Q1612179)

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Disjoint spine phenomena in certain contractible \(n\)-manifolds (\(n\geq 5\))
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    Disjoint spine phenomena in certain contractible \(n\)-manifolds (\(n\geq 5\)) (English)
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    22 August 2002
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    The present paper takes into account the problem of the existence of non trivial, compact, contractible PL-manifolds having disjoint spines; recall that this problem was originally settled, in dimension four, in connection with covering properties of Mazur manifold [\textit{D. G. Wright}, Topology 31, No. 2, 281-291 (1992; Zbl 0755.57009)]. By improving techniques of [\textit{C. R. Guilbault}, Topology 34, No. 1, 99-108 (1995; Zbl 0841.57034)] (which positively solves the problem in dimension \(n \geq 9\)) and by making use of properties about vanishing relative homotopy groups and of a suitable construction on acyclic 2-complexes, the author produces contractible manifolds with disjoint spines in dimension \(n \geq 5\). \noindent Thus, the problem results to be unsolved only in the original case of dimension four. \noindent Finally, note that both in Guilbault's work and in the present work, all provided examples belong to the class of Newman Contractible Manifolds [\textit{M. H. A. Newman}, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 34, 193-196 (1948; Zbl 0036.12801)].
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    pseudospine
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    disjoint spines
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    contractible manifold
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    homology sphere
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