A homotopy^+ solution to the A-B slice problem

DOI10.1142/S0218216517400181MaRDI QIDQ2969712zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael Freedman, Vyacheslav Krushkal

Publication date 23 March 2017

Published in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.05066

zbMATH Keywords

link homotopythe A-B slice problemEngel relationsfour-dimensional topological surgery

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Engel conditions (20F45)

Abstract: The A-B slice problem, a reformulation of the 4-dimensional topological surgery conjecture for free groups, is shown to admit a link-homotopy+ solution. The proof relies on geometric applications of the group-theoretic 2-Engel relation. Implications for the surgery conjecture are discussed.

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