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The classification of smooth structures on a homotopy complex projective space

Geometric Topology 2017-08-22 v1

Abstract

We classify, up to diffeomorphism, all closed smooth manifolds homeomorphic to the complex projective nn-space CPn\mathbb{C}\textbf{P}^n, where n=3n=3 and 44. Let M2nM^{2n} be a closed smooth 2n2n-manifold homotopy equivalent to CPn\mathbb{C}\textbf{P}^n. We show that, up to diffeomorphism, M6M^{6} has a unique differentiable structure and M8M^{8} has at most two distinct differentiable structures. We also show that, up to concordance, there exist at least two distinct differentiable structures on a finite sheeted cover N2nN^{2n} of CPn\mathbb{C}\textbf{P}^n for n=4,7n=4, 7 or 88 and six distinct differentiable structures on N10N^{10}.

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@article{arxiv.1510.03032,
  title  = {The classification of smooth structures on a homotopy complex projective space},
  author = {Ramesh Kasilingam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.03032},
  year   = {2017}
}
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