Isotopy of 4-manifolds
Isotopy of 4-manifolds
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4-流形的同位素
DOI:
10.4310/jdg/1214440552
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发表时间:
1986
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
F. Quinn
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作者:
F. Quinn
The principal result of this paper is that the group of homeomorphisms mod isotopy (the "homeotopy" group) of a closed simply-connected 4-manifold is equal to the automorphism group of the quadratic form on H2. There is an analogy between simply-connected closed 4-manifolds and connected surfaces, in that they are both classified by simple algebraictopological data. Surfaces are classified up to homeomorphism by the isomorphism class of the fundamental group. The 4-manifolds are classified up to homeomorphism by the isomorphism class of the intersection form and the Kirby-Siebenmann invariant in Z/2 [3]. The analogy now extends to automorphisms, in that in both cases homeomorphisms are classified by the induced automorphism of the algebraic structure. Other results include a " uniqueness" for handlebody structures on simplyconnected 5-manifolds, the determination of π4(TOP(4)/O(4)), and a pseudoisotopy theorem for simply connected 4-manifolds with boundary.