Invariant knots of free involutions of \(S^ 4\) (Q2266268)
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English | Invariant knots of free involutions of \(S^ 4\) |
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Invariant knots of free involutions of \(S^ 4\) (English)
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1984
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Given a free involution of a homotopy 4-sphere, the author shows that any 2-spheres invariant under the involution are not only concordant but equivariantly concordant; this result being valid in the topological or smooth \((=PL)\) categories. En route to this result he shows that any smooth s-cobordism with both ends diffeomorphic to a given homotopy \({\mathbb{R}}P^ 4\) is in fact diffeomorphic to a product. Finally he gives an explicit construction for the unique non-smooth homotopy \({\mathbb{R}}P^ 4\).
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invariant knot
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2-spheres invariant under a free involution of a homotopy 4-sphere
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equivariantly concordant
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smooth s-cobordism
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