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Heegaard diagrams for $5$-manifolds

Geometric Topology 2025-05-13 v1

Abstract

We introduce a version of Heegaard diagrams for 55-dimensional cobordisms with 22- and 33-handles, 55-dimensional 33-handlebodies, and closed 55-manifolds. We show that every such smooth 55-manifold can be represented by a Heegaard diagram, and that two Heegaard diagrams represent diffeomorphic 55-manifolds if and only if they are related by certain moves. As an application, we construct Heegaard diagrams for 55-dimensional cobordisms from the standard 44-sphere to the Gluck twists along knotted 22-spheres. This provides several statements equivalent to the Gluck twist being diffeomorphic to the standard 44-sphere.

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@article{arxiv.2505.06887,
  title  = {Heegaard diagrams for $5$-manifolds},
  author = {Geunyoung Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.06887},
  year   = {2025}
}

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32 pages, 19 figures