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Non-cobordant hyperbolic manifolds

Geometric Topology 2025-01-22 v1

Abstract

In all dimensions n4n \ge 4 not of the form 4m+34m+3, we show that there exists a closed hyperbolic nn-manifold which is not the boundary of a compact (n+1)(n+1)-manifold. The proof relies on the relationship between the cobordism class and the fixed point set of an involution on the manifold, together with a geodesic embedding of Kolpakov, Reid and Slavich. We also outline a possible approach to cover the dimensions 4m+32k14m+3 \ne 2^k-1.

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@article{arxiv.2501.11610,
  title  = {Non-cobordant hyperbolic manifolds},
  author = {Jacopo G. Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.11610},
  year   = {2025}
}

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16 pages, 1 table, 1 figure

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