Shadows of acyclic 4-manifolds with sphere boundary

Yuya Koda, Hironobu Naoe

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Abstract

In terms of Turaev’s shadows, we provide a sufficient condition for a compact, smooth, acyclic 4-manifold with boundary the 3-sphere to be diffeomorphic to the standard 4-ball. As a consequence, we prove that if a compact, smooth, acyclic 4-manifold with boundary the 3-sphere has shadow-complexity at most 2, then it is diffeomorphic to the standard 4-ball.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3707-3731
Number of pages25
JournalAlgebraic and Geometric Topology
Volume20
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geometry and Topology

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