The conjecture that finite Poincaré complexes are manifolds up to homotopy
The conjecture that finite Poincaré complexes are manifolds up to homotopy
A finite Poincaré complex is a finite complex satisfying Poincaré duality. Aspherical Poincaré complexes conjecture. Every finite Poincaré complex is homotopy equivalent to a closed manifold. The claim asks whether Poincaré duality alone, together with finiteness, is sufficient for homotopy realization by a closed manifold.
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Wolfgang Lueck, “Survey on aspherical manifolds”, arXiv:0902.2480 (2009).
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