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Homotopy $4$-spheres associated to an infinite order loose cork

Geometric Topology 2020-12-29 v3 Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We show the homotopy spheres Σn=WfnW\Sigma_{n} = -W\smile_{f^{n}}W, formed by doubling the infinite order loose-cork (W,f)(W,f) by iterates of the cork diffeomorphism f:WWf: \partial W \to \partial W is S4S^4. To do this we first show that Σn\Sigma_{n} are obtained by Gluck twistings of S4S^4; then from this we show how to cancel 33-handles of Σn\Sigma_{n} and identify it by S4S^{4}.

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@article{arxiv.1901.08299,
  title  = {Homotopy $4$-spheres associated to an infinite order loose cork},
  author = {Selman Akbulut},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.08299},
  year   = {2020}
}

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17 pages, 26 figures