Infinite exotic structures conjecture for the manifolds YY and ZZ

Let Y2mY_{2m} and Z2mZ_{2m} denote the manifolds obtained from YY and ZZ, respectively, by generalized cork twists of exponent 2m2m. Infinite exotic structures conjecture. The families {Y2m}\{Y_{2m}\} and {Z2m}\{Z_{2m}\} are infinitely many mutually exotic manifolds to YY and ZZ, respectively. The paper establishes that each Y2nY_{2n} is homeomorphic but non-diffeomorphic to YY, and similarly constructs Z2Z_2 non-diffeomorphic to ZZ; whether the members of these families are mutually non-diffeomorphic is left unresolved.

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Motoo Tange, “A plug with infinite order and some exotic 4-manifolds”, arXiv:1201.6000 (2012).

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