Robust four-manifolds and robust embeddings

DOI10.2140/PJM.2010.248.191zbMATH Open1202.57008arXiv0808.0883OpenAlexW2964225170MaRDI QIDQ600670FDOQ600670

Authors: Vyacheslav Krushkal 

Publication date: 1 November 2010

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

Abstract: A link in the 3-sphere is homotopically trivial, according to Milnor, if its components bound disjoint maps of disks in the 4-ball. This paper concerns the question of what spaces give rise to the same class of homotopically trivial links when used in place of disks in an analogous definition. We show that there are 4-manifolds for which this property depends on their embedding in the 4-ball. This work is motivated by the A-B slice problem, a reformulation of the 4-dimensional topological surgery conjecture. As a corollary this provides a new, secondary, obstruction in the A-B slice problem for a certain class of decompositions of D^4.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.0883

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zbMATH Keywords

4-dimensional topological surgerylink homotopyrobust 4-manifoldsthe A-B slice problem

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