Related papers: On the Last Kervaire Invariant Problem

We show that Kervaire invariant one elements in the homotopy groups of spheres exist only in dimensions at most 126. By Browder's Theorem, this means that smooth framed manifolds of Kervaire invariant one exist only in dimensions 2, 6, 14,…

It is proved that there exists an integer $L$ such that a framed manifold of dimension $2^l-2$, $l\le L$ has the trivial Kervaire Invariant.

The Kervaire Problem is an unsolved problem in Stable Homotopy Theory. The first interesting example is in dimension $30$. There exists a closed stably-parallelizable manifold $\tilde{M}^{30}$ with Arf-Kervaire invariant 1. It is unknown,…

We prove that the 2-primary $\pi_{61}$ is zero. As a consequence, the Kervaire invariant element $\theta_5$ is contained in the strictly defined 4-fold Toda bracket $\langle 2, \theta_4, \theta_4, 2\rangle$. Our result has a geometric…

A solution to the Kervaire invariant problem is presented. We introduce the concepts of abelian structure on skew-framed immersions, bicyclic structure on $\Z/2^{[3]}$--framed immersions, and quaternionic-cyclic structure on…

The question of when the Kervaire invariant is nontrivial was the only question left unresolved by Kervaire and Milnor in their 1963 study of the relationship between groups of homotopy spheres and stable homotopy groups. In 2009, Mike…

The (4k+2)-dimensional Kervaire manifold is a closed, piecewise linear (PL) manifold with Kervaire invariant 1 and the same homology as the product of two (2k+1)-dimensional spheres. We show that a finite group of odd order acts freely on a…

The Kervaire Invariant 1 Problem until recently was an open problem in algebraic topology. Hill-Hopkins-Ravenel theorem clams a negative solution of the problem for all dimensions $n=2^l-2$, $l \ge 8$. We prove the statement of…

In filtration 1 of the Adams spectral sequence, using secondary cohomology operations, Adams computed the differentials on the classes $h_j$, resolving the Hopf invariant one problem. In Adams filtration 2, using equivariant and chromatic…

First we prove a general spectral theorem for the linear Navier-Stokes (NS) operator in both 2D and 3D. The spectral theorem says that the spectrum consists of only eigenvalues which lie in a parabolic region, and the eigenfunctions (and…

In 1962, Wall showed that smooth, closed, oriented, $(n-1)$-connected $2n$-manifolds of dimension at least $6$ are classified up to connected sum with an exotic sphere by an algebraic refinement of the intersection form which he called an…

According to Browder if $4n+2\neq 2^{t+1}-2$ then the Kervaire invariant of the cobordism class of a $(4n+2)$-dimensional manifold $M^{4n+2}$ vanishes and $M^{2^{t+1}-2}$ is of Kervaire invariant one if and only if…

We prove that no $14$-connected (resp. $30$-connected) stably parallelizable manifold $N^{30}$ (resp. $N^{62}$) of dimension $30$ (resp. $62$) with the Arf-Kervaire invariant 1 can be smoothly embedded into $\mathbb{R}^{36}$ (resp.…

We consider the role of the Kervaire--Milnor invariant in the classification of closed, connected, spin 4-manifolds, typically denoted by $M$, up to stabilisation by connected sums with copies of $S^2 \times S^2$. This stable classification…

Hill, Hopkins, and Ravenel suggest that the last remaining Kervaire invariant problem, the case of $p=3$, can be solved by computing the homotopy fixed points spectral sequence for $\pi_* E_6^{hC_9}$. We prove a detection theorem for this…

Minimum numbers decide e.g. whether a given map f: S^m --> S^n/G from a sphere into a spherical space form can be deformed to a map f' such that f(x) not equal f'(x) for all x in S^m. In this paper we compare minimum numbers to…

We show that there is a non-trivial differential $d_4(h_6^3) =h_0^3g_4$ in the mod 2 Adams spectral sequence for spheres. This together with the results in \cite{barratt_differentials_1970,lin_differential_1998,kan_differential_2001}…

Using a Toda bracket computation $\langle \theta_4, 2, \sigma^2\rangle$ due to Daniel C. Isaksen [11], we investigate the $45$-stem more thoroughly. We prove that $\theta_4^2=0$ using a $4$-fold Toda bracket. By [2], this implies that…

A geometric approach to the stable homotopy groups of spheres is developed in this paper, based on the Pontryagin-Thom construction. The task of this approach is to obtain an alternative proof of the Hill-Hopkins-Ravenel theorem [H-H-R] on…

It is proved that if an AK2-manifold of dimension greater or equal to 6 is of pointwise constant antiholomorphic sectional curvature, then it is a 6-dimensional manifold of constant negative sectional curvature or a K\"ahler manifold of…