A fake smooth CP^2 # RP^4
dg-ga
2008-02-03 v2 Differential Geometry
Geometric Topology
Abstract
We show that the manifold *CP^2 # *RP^4, which is homotopy equivalent but not homeomorphic to CP^2 # RP^4, is in fact smoothable.
Cite
@article{arxiv.dg-ga/9702003,
title = {A fake smooth CP^2 # RP^4},
author = {Daniel Ruberman and Ronald J. Stern},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:dg-ga/9702003},
year = {2008}
}
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5 pages, 1 figure