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Exotic $\mathbb{R}^4$'s, RBG Links, and End Floer Homology

Geometric Topology 2026-07-08 v1

Abstract

We give the first pair of non-diffeomorphic exotic R4\mathbb{R}^4's made by attaching diffeomorphic Casson handles onto diffeomorphic disk complements. Our examples are obtained using the RBG link construction to find slice knots with diffeomorphic slice disk complements, but whose Whitehead doubled disk complements are not diffeomorphic. We distinguish the exotic R4\mathbb{R}^4's using end Floer homology.

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@article{arxiv.2607.07936,
  title  = {Exotic $\mathbb{R}^4$'s, RBG Links, and End Floer Homology},
  author = {Sean Eli and Shunyu Wan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.07936},
  year   = {2026}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures. Comments welcome!