Infinite order corks via handle diagrams

DOI10.2140/AGT.2017.17.2863zbMATH Open1380.57024arXiv1607.04354OpenAlexW2492755455MaRDI QIDQ2409810FDOQ2409810

Authors: Robert E. Gompf 

Publication date: 16 October 2017

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The author recently proved the existence of an infinite order cork: a compact, contractible submanifold $C$ of a 4-manifold and an infinite order diffeomorphism $f$ of $partialC$ such that cutting out $C$ and regluing it by distinct powers of $f$ yields pairwise nondiffeomorphic manifolds. The present paper exhibits the first handle diagrams of this phenomenon, by translating the earlier proof into this language (for each of the infinitely many corks arising in the first paper). The cork twists in these papers are twists on incompressible tori. We give conditions guaranteeing that such twists do not change the diffeomorphism type of a 4-manifold, partially answering a question from the original paper. We also show that the "$delta$-moves" recently introduced by Akbulut are essentially equivalent to torus twists.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.04354

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zbMATH Keywords

4-manifoldsexotic structuresinfinite order corks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differentiable structures in differential topology (57R55)

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