When is the set of embeddings finite up to isotopy?

DOI10.1142/S0129167X15500512zbMATH Open1325.57014arXiv1106.1878OpenAlexW1985080848MaRDI QIDQ5264581FDOQ5264581

Mikhail Skopenkov

Publication date: 27 July 2015

Published in: International Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given a manifold N and a number m, we study the following question: is the set of isotopy classes of embeddings N->S^m finite? In case when the manifold N is a sphere the answer was given by A. Haefliger in 1966. In case when the manifold N is a disjoint union of spheres the answer was given by D. Crowley, S. Ferry and the author in 2011. We consider the next natural case when N is a product of two spheres. In the following theorem, FCS(i,j) is a concrete subset of the integer lattice depending only on the parity of i and j which is defined in the paper. Theorem. Assume that m>2p+q+2 and m<p+3q/2+2. Then the set of isotopy classes of smooth embeddings S^p x S^q -> S^m is infinite if and only if either q+1 or p+q+1 is divisible by 4, or there exists a point (x,y) in the set FCS(m-p-q,m-q) such that (m-p-q-2)x+(m-q-2)y=m-3. Our approach is based on a group structure on the set of embeddings and a new exact sequence, which in some sense reduces the classification of embeddings S^p x S^q -> S^m to the classification of embeddings S^{p+q} |_| S^q -> S^m and D^p x S^q -> S^m. The latter classification problems are reduced to homotopy ones, which are solved rationally.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.1878

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zbMATH Keywords

embeddingisotopysurgeryknotsmooth manifoldknotted torus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Embeddings in differential topology (57R40) Surgery and handlebodies (57R65) Isotopy in differential topology (57R52)

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