Symmetric hyperbolic 4-cobordism conjecture
Symmetric hyperbolic 4-cobordism conjecture
Let be a hyperbolic -cobordism with boundary components and . Suppose that and are highly symmetric to each other, both topologically and geometrically. Symmetric hyperbolic 4-cobordism conjecture. Then should be an -cobordism, possibly nontrivial; that is, need not be homeomorphic to the product . The preceding examples show that hyperbolic homology cobordisms can be homotopically nontrivial when their boundary components differ substantially, while the conjecture predicts that strong topological and geometric symmetry between the boundary components forces the stronger -cobordism property without necessarily forcing a product cobordism.
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Boris N. Apanasov, “Group actions, Teichmüller spaces and cobordisms”, arXiv:1611.00432 (2016).
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