Exotic Differential Structures in Dimension 2
General Topology
2012-11-22 v1 Geometric Topology
Abstract
It is known that the long line supports many non-diffeomorphic differential structures. We show that the long plane supports a similar number of exotic differential structures, ie structures which are not merely diffeomorphic to the product of two structures on the factor spaces.
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@article{arxiv.1211.4900,
title = {Exotic Differential Structures in Dimension 2},
author = {Sunanda Dikshit and David Gauld},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.4900},
year = {2012}
}
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6 pages, 2 figures