Isoparametric foliations, diffeomorphism groups and exotic smooth structures

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2016.08.001zbMATH Open1432.53037arXiv1404.6194OpenAlexW1726394253MaRDI QIDQ317338FDOQ317338

Jianquan Ge

Publication date: 30 September 2016

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we are concerned with interactions between isoparametric theory and differential topology. Two foliations are called equivalent if there exists a diffeomorphism between the foliated manifolds mapping leaves to leaves. Using differential topology, we obtain several results towards the classification problem of isoparametric foliations up to equivalence. In particular, we show that each homotopy $n$-sphere has the "same" isoparametric foliations as the standard sphere $S^n$ has except for $n=4$, reducing the classification problem on homotopy spheres to that on the standard sphere. Moreover, we prove the uniqueness up to equivalence of isoparametric foliations with two points as the focal submanifolds on each sphere $S^n$ except for $n=5$. Besides, we show that the uniqueness holds on $S^5$ if and only if $p{i}_0(Diff(S^4))simeqmathbb{Z}_2$, i.e., pseudo-isotopy implies isotopy for diffeomorphisms on $S^4$. At last, some ideas behind the proofs enable us to discover new exotic smooth structures on certain manifolds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.6194

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zbMATH Keywords

diffeomorphism grouphomotopy sphereisoparametric hypersurfaceexotic smooth structuresingular Riemannian foliation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foliations (differential geometric aspects) (53C12) Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory (57R30) Differentiable structures in differential topology (57R55) Homotopy spheres, Poincaré conjecture (57R60)

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