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Classification of knotted tori

Geometric Topology 2024-07-23 v4 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

For a smooth manifold NN denote by Em(N)E^m(N) the set of smooth isotopy classes of smooth embeddings NRmN\to\mathbb R^m. A description of the set Em(Sp×Sq)E^m(S^p\times S^q) was known only for p=q=0p=q=0 or for p=0p=0, mq+2m\ne q+2 or for 2m2(p+q)+max{p,q}+42m\ge 2(p+q)+\max\{p,q\}+4. (The description was given in terms of homotopy groups of spheres and of Stiefel manifolds.) For m2p+q+3m\ge2p+q+3 we introduce an abelian group structure on Em(Sp×Sq)E^m(S^p\times S^q) and describe this group `up to an extension problem'. This result has corollaries which, under stronger dimension restrictions, more explicitly describe Em(Sp×Sq)E^m(S^p\times S^q). The proof is based on relations between sets Em(N)E^m(N) for different NN and mm, in particular, on a recent exact sequence of M. Skopenkov.

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@article{arxiv.1502.04470,
  title  = {Classification of knotted tori},
  author = {A. Skopenkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.04470},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

29 pages, 3 figures, exposition improved, references updated, previous \S2.3 replaced by reference to arXiv:2406.15367

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