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Conjugation spaces and 4-manifolds

Geometric Topology 2013-02-12 v4 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We show that 4-dimensional conjugation manifolds are all obtained from branched 2-fold coverings of knotted surfaces in Z/2-homology 4-spheres.

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@article{arxiv.0906.5057,
  title  = {Conjugation spaces and 4-manifolds},
  author = {Ian Hambleton and Jean-Claude Hausmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.5057},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

23 pages. (v3) Revisions to the Introduction and section order; references added. (v4) Final version, to appear in Math. Zeitschrift

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