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Stabilizations of $s$-cobordisms of dimension $5$

Geometric Topology 2024-11-04 v1

Abstract

It has long been known that the ss-cobordism theorem fails for 55-dimensional ss-cobordisms. In this article we study how many times of "stabilizations" are needed to turn a 55-dimensional ss-cobordism to a product cobordism. The question is analogous to asking how many times of stabilizations are needed to turn an exotic pair of four manifolds into diffeomorphic ones. The main tools in this article are Gabai's 44D light bulb theorem and its applications, and we also use a refinement of 44D light bulb theorem by Freedman Quinn invariant.

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@article{arxiv.2411.00517,
  title  = {Stabilizations of $s$-cobordisms of dimension $5$},
  author = {Jinzhou Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.00517},
  year   = {2024}
}

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19 pages, 5 figures