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Classical Poincar{\'e} conjecture via 4D topology

Geometric Topology 2024-04-02 v6

Abstract

The classical Poincar{\'e} conjecture that every homotopy 3-sphere is diffeomorphic to the 3-sphere is confirmed by Perelman in arXiv papers solving Thurston's program on geometrizations of 3-manifolds. A new confirmation of this conjecture is given by a method of 4D topology. For this proof, the spun torus-knot of every knot in every homotopy 3-sphere is observed to be a ribbon torus-knot in the 4-sphere, where Smooth 4D Poincar{\'e} Conjecture and Ribbonness of a sphere-link with (not necessarily meridian-based) free fundamental group are used. By examining a disk-chord system of a ribbon solid torus bounded by the spun torus-knot,it is proved that the knot belongs to a 3-ball in the homotopy 3-sphere. Then by Bing's result, it is confirmed that the homotopy 3-sphere is diffeomorphic to the 3-sphere.

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@article{arxiv.2103.16001,
  title  = {Classical Poincar{\'e} conjecture via 4D topology},
  author = {Akio Kawauchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.16001},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

Many explanations and notations are revised

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