Locally flat simple spheres in $\mathbb{C} P^2$
Geometric Topology
2024-10-17 v2
Abstract
The fundamental group of the complement of a locally flat surface in a -manifold is called the knot group of the surface. In this article we prove that two locally flat -spheres in with knot group are ambiently isotopic if they are homologous. This combines with work of Tristram and Lee-Wilczy\'{n}ski, as well as the classification of -surfaces, to complete a proof of the statement: a class is represented by a locally flat -sphere with abelian knot group if and only if ; and this sphere is unique up to ambient isotopy.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2312.10546,
title = {Locally flat simple spheres in $\mathbb{C} P^2$},
author = {Anthony Conway and Patrick Orson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.10546},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
13 pages. v2: minor changes incorporating suggestions of a referee. To appear in Bull. Lond. Math. Soc