Classification of knotted tori
Geometric Topology
2024-07-23 v4 Algebraic Topology
Abstract
For a smooth manifold denote by the set of smooth isotopy classes of smooth embeddings . A description of the set was known only for or for , or for . (The description was given in terms of homotopy groups of spheres and of Stiefel manifolds.) For we introduce an abelian group structure on and describe this group `up to an extension problem'. This result has corollaries which, under stronger dimension restrictions, more explicitly describe . The proof is based on relations between sets for different and , in particular, on a recent exact sequence of M. Skopenkov.
Cite
@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