The Alexander trick for homology spheres
Geometric Topology
2024-11-06 v3 Algebraic Topology
Abstract
We show that the group of homeomorphisms of a compact contractible -manifold which fix the boundary is contractible, as long as . We deduce this from a strong uniqueness statement for one-sided -cobordisms.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2308.15607,
title = {The Alexander trick for homology spheres},
author = {Soren Galatius and Oscar Randal-Williams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.15607},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
16 pages, 2 figures; final accepted version to appear in IMRN