Gromov's macroscopic dimension conjecture

DOI10.2140/AGT.2006.6.1669zbMATH Open1131.57028arXiv0904.4886OpenAlexW3098918690WikidataQ123136404 ScholiaQ123136404MaRDI QIDQ863075FDOQ863075

Authors: D. V. Bolotov 

Publication date: 25 January 2007

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this note we construct a closed 4-manifold having torsion-free fundamental group and whose universal covering is of macroscopic dimension 3. This yields a counterexample to Gromov's conjecture about the falling of macroscopic dimension.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4886

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zbMATH Keywords

closed manifoldmacroscopic dimensionuniversal covering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dimension theory in general topology (54F45) Dimension theory in algebraic topology (55M10) General low-dimensional topology (57M99) Algebraic topology on manifolds and differential topology (57R19) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10)

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Cited In (8)

• On macroscopic dimension of non-spin 4-manifolds
• On Gromov's scalar curvature conjecture
• About the macroscopic dimension of certain PSC-manifolds
• On modified Einstein tensors and two smooth invariants of compact manifolds
• On the LS-category of group homomorphisms
• On macroscopic dimension of universal coverings of closed manifolds
• On Gromov's conjecture for totally non-spin manifolds
• On macroscopic dimension of rationally essential manifolds

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