The trisection classification conjecture for the standard four-sphere

Let T\mathcal{T} be a trisection of the standard smooth four-sphere S4\mathcal{S}^4. Let S0\mathcal{S}^0 denote its standard (0,0)(0,0)-trisection, and let Sk1,k2,k3\mathcal{S}^{k_1,k_2,k_3} denote the trisection obtained from S0\mathcal{S}^0 by performing kik_i ii-stabilizations for 1i31\leq i\leq 3. Trisection classification conjecture. Every trisection T\mathcal{T} of S4\mathcal{S}^4 is isotopic to S0\mathcal{S}^0 or one of its stabilizations Sk1,k2,k3\mathcal{S}^{k_1,k_2,k_3}. This is proposed as a four-dimensional analogue of Waldhausen's theorem for S4S^4; the source notes that it is likely false, and gives no resolution here.

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Jeffrey Meier, Trent Schirmer and Alexander Zupan, “Classification of trisections and the Generalized Property R Conjecture”, arXiv:1507.06561 (2015).

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