A concordance analogue of the 4-dimensional light bulb theorem

Abstract: We prove a concordance analogue of Gabai's

4

-dimensional light bulb theorem. That is, we show that when

R

and

R^{'}

are homotopically (smoothly) embedded

2

-spheres in a

4

-manifold

X^{4}

where

p i_{1} (X^{4})

has no

2

-torsion and one of

R

or

R^{'}

has a transverse sphere, then

R

and

R^{'}

are concordant. When

p i_{1} (X^{4})

has

2

-torsion, we give a similar statement with extra hypotheses as in the

4

-dimensional light bulb theorem. We also give similar statements when

R

and

R^{'}

are orientable positive-genus surfaces.

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