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Cobordism, spin structures, and profinite completions

Group Theory 2026-01-12 v1 Algebraic Topology Geometric Topology

Abstract

Let MM and NN be smooth closed connected aspherical manifolds with good (in the sense of Serre) fundamental groups GG and HH. We show that if G^H^\widehat G\cong \widehat H, then MM and NN are cobordant and the signatures of MM and NN agree modulo 88. Moreover, MM is spin (resp.spin\CC^\CC) if and only if NN is spin (resp.spin\CC^\CC). We consider some analogous results for compact connected aspherical manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.2601.05706,
  title  = {Cobordism, spin structures, and profinite completions},
  author = {Sam Hughes and Andrew Ng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.05706},
  year   = {2026}
}

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24 pages

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