The Kirby-calculus reformulation of the smooth four-dimensional Poincaré conjecture
The Kirby-calculus reformulation of the smooth four-dimensional Poincaré conjecture
Let be a link in , with a dotted -component unlink and a framed link of components. Suppose that normally generates , and that surgery on , with dotted components 0-framed, is diffeomorphic to . Kirby-calculus reformulation of SPC4. (a) There is a sequence of moves (1), (2), and (3) transforming to the empty diagram. (b) If all framings on are even, the sequence can be chosen with in every move (1). This is a link-diagram formulation of SPC4, expressing the absence of exotic smooth homotopy 4-spheres through Kirby moves.
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Michael Freedman, Robert Gompf, Scott Morrison and Kevin Walker, “Man and machine thinking about the smooth 4-dimensional Poincaré conjecture”, arXiv:0906.5177 (2009).
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