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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 dd-manifold which fix the boundary is contractible, as long as d6d \geq 6. We deduce this from a strong uniqueness statement for one-sided hh-cobordisms.

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@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