English

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 44-manifold is called the knot group of the surface. In this article we prove that two locally flat 22-spheres in CP2\mathbb{C} P^2 with knot group Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 are ambiently isotopic if they are homologous. This combines with work of Tristram and Lee-Wilczy\'{n}ski, as well as the classification of Z\mathbb{Z}-surfaces, to complete a proof of the statement: a class dH2(CP2)Zd \in H_2(\mathbb{C} P^2) \cong \mathbb{Z} is represented by a locally flat 22-sphere with abelian knot group if and only if d{0,1,2}|d| \in \lbrace 0,1,2\rbrace; 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

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