The 4-dimensional light bulb theorem

DOI10.1090/JAMS/920MaRDI QIDQ3300662zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors David Gabai

Publication date 29 July 2020

Published in Journal of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.09989

zbMATH Keywords

homotopy versus isotopylight bulb theoremspheres in 4-manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Embeddings and immersions in topological manifolds (57N35) General topology of 4-manifolds (57K40)

Abstract: For embedded 2-spheres in a 4-manifold sharing the same embedded transverse sphere homotopy implies isotopy, provided the ambient 4-manifold has no $B{Z}_2$-torsion in the fundamental group. This gives a generalization of the classical light bulb trick to 4-dimensions, the uniqueness of spanning discs for a simple closed curve in $S^4$ and $p{i}_0(Dif{f}_0(S^{2}imes{D}^2)/Dif{f}_0(B^4))=1$. In manifolds with $B{Z}_2$-torsion, one surface can be put into a normal form relative to the other.

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