The realization-map classification conjecture for Whitney tower filtrations

Let Tn\mathcal{T}_n be the tree group of order nn, let Wn\text{\sf W}_n be the corresponding graded group of link concordance classes, and set T~2n:=T2n\widetilde{\mathcal{T}}_{2n}:=\mathcal{T}_{2n} while letting T~2n1\widetilde{\mathcal{T}}_{2n-1} denote the quotient by the framing relations. The realization maps are denoted by RnR_n. Realization-map classification conjecture. For every nn, the realization maps induce isomorphisms

WnT~n.\text{\sf W}_n\cong\widetilde{\mathcal{T}}_n.

This would give a complete classification of the associated graded groups of the Whitney tower filtration, extending the established classifications in even orders and in orders congruent to 3(mod4)3\pmod 4 after imposing the framing relations; the remaining cases are conjectural.

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James Conant, Rob Schneiderman and Peter Teichner, “Geometric Filtrations of Classical Link Concordance”, arXiv:1101.3477 (2012).

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