Symmetric hyperbolic 4-cobordism conjecture

Let MM be a hyperbolic 44-cobordism with boundary components N0N_0 and N1N_1. Suppose that N0N_0 and N1N_1 are highly symmetric to each other, both topologically and geometrically. Symmetric hyperbolic 4-cobordism conjecture. Then (M;N0,N1)(M;N_0,N_1) should be an hh-cobordism, possibly nontrivial; that is, MM need not be homeomorphic to the product N0×[0,1]N_0\times[0,1]. 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 hh-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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