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The smooth structure set of $S^p \times S^q$

Geometric Topology 2010-06-21 v2

Abstract

We calculate the smooth structure set of Sp×SqS^p \times S^q, S(p,q)S(p, q), for p,q2p, q \geq 2 and p+q5p+q \geq 5. As a consequence we show that in general S(4j1,4k)S(4j-1, 4k) cannot admit a group structure such that the smooth surgery exact sequence is a long exact sequence of groups. We also show that the image of forgetful map F:S(4j,4k)>STop(4j,4k)F: S(4j, 4k) --> S^{Top}(4j, 4k) is not in general a subgroup of the topological structure set.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0904.1370,
  title  = {The smooth structure set of $S^p \times S^q$},
  author = {Diarmuid Crowley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.1370},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

21 pages. Referee's suggestions included, proof of Lemma 4.1 clarified, typos corrected. To appear in Geometriae Dedicata

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