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)
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.
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(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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