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We study the homeomorphism types of manifolds h-cobordant to a fixed one. Our investigation is partly motivated by the notion of special manifolds introduced by Milnor in his study of lens spaces. In particular we revisit and clarify some…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Bjørn Jahren , Slawomir Kwasik

We show that if a compact, oriented 4-manifold admits a coassociative-free immersion into the Euclidean 7-space then its Euler characteristic and signature vanish. Moreover, in the spin case the Gauss map is contractible, so that the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-04-10 Mustafa Kalafat

In this note we classify the diffeomorphism classes rel. boundary of smooth h-cobordisms between two fixed 1-connected 4-manifolds in terms of isometries between the intersection forms.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Matthias Kreck

We study the space of oriented genus g subsurfaces of a fixed manifold M, and in particular its homological properties. We construct a "scanning map" which compares this space to the space of sections of a certain fibre bundle over M…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2017-06-14 Federico Cantero Morán , Oscar Randal-Williams

We construct stable minimal hypersurfaces with simple topology in certain compact $4$-manifolds $X$ with boundary, where $X$ embeds into a smooth manifold homeomorphic to $S^4$. For example, if $X$ is equipped with a Riemannian metric $g$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-03-26 Chao Li , Boyu Zhang

A standard problem in applied topology is how to discover topological invariants of data from a noisy point cloud that approximates it. We consider the case where a sample is drawn from a properly embedded C1-submanifold without boundary in…

General Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Sara Kalisnik , Davorin Lesnik

A well-known conjecture of Gr\"unbaum and Nash-Williams proposes that 4-connected toroidal graphs are hamiltonian. The corresponding results for 4-connected planar and projective-planar graphs were proved by Tutte and by Thomas and Yu,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-12-06 M. N. Ellingham , Emily A. Marshall

For Hamiltonian circle actions on compact, connected, four-dimensional manifolds, we give a generators and relations description for the even part of the equivariant cohomology, as an algebra over the equivariant cohomology of a point. This…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-13 Tara Holm , Liat Kessler

We construct a family of right-angled Coxeter groups which provide counter-examples to questions about the stable boundary of a group, one-endedness of quasi-geodesically stable subgroups, and the commensurability types of right-angled…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-29 Jason Behrstock

In a non-compact setting, the notion of hyperbolicity, and the associated structure of stable and unstable manifolds (for unbounded orbits), is highly dependent on the choice of metric used to define it. We consider the simplest version of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-05-20 Jorge Groisman , Zbigniew Nitecki

The class of the hypercomplex pseudo-Hermitian manifolds is considered. The flatness of the considered manifolds with the 3 parallel complex structures is proved. Conformal transformations of the metrics are introduced. The conformal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-03-27 Kostadin Gribachev , Mancho Manev , Stancho Dimiev

We show that for every odd prime $q$, there exists an infinite family $\{M_i\}_{i=1}^{\infty}$ of topological 4-manifolds that are all stably homeomorphic to one another, all the manifolds $M_i$ have isometric rank one equivariant…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-11-08 Anthony Conway , Diarmuid Crowley , Mark Powell

Matchbox manifolds are foliated spaces with totally disconnected transversals. Two matchbox manifolds which are homeomorphic have return equivalent dynamics, so that invariants of return equivalence can be applied to distinguish…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-03-13 Alex Clark , Steven Hurder , Olga Lukina

Closed oriented 4-manifolds with the same geometrically 2-dimensional fundamental group (satisfying certain properties) are classified up to $s$-cobordism by their $w_2$-type, equivariant intersection form and the Kirby-Siebenmann…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-02-12 Ian Hambleton , Matthias Kreck , Peter Teichner

Given a manifold with boundary, one can consider the space of subsurfaces of this manifold meeting the boundary in a prescribed fashion. It is known that these spaces of subsurfaces satisfy homological stability if the manifold has at least…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2020-09-02 Thorben Kastenholz

We investigate polyhedral $2k$-manifolds as subcomplexes of the boundary complex of a regular polytope. We call such a subcomplex {\it $k$-Hamiltonian} if it contains the full $k$-skeleton of the polytope. Since the case of the cube is well…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-06-10 Felix Effenberger , Wolfgang Kühnel

A notion of dual curve for pseudoholomorphic curves in 4--manifolds turns out to be possible only if the notion of almost complex structure structure is slightly generalized. The resulting structure is as easy (perhaps easier) to work with,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Benjamin McKay

We show that a topological symplectic manifold has a canonically associated bi-Lipschitz structure. As a corollary, we obtain the first examples of non-existence and non-uniqueness for topological symplectic structures. Our arguments hold…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Dan Cristofaro-Gardiner , Boyu Zhang

A maniplex of rank n s an n-valent properly edge-coloured graph that generalises, simultaneously, maps on surfaces and abstract polytopes. The problem of stability in maniplexes is a natural variant of the problem of stability in graphs. A…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Isabel Hubard , Micael Toledo