Non-simple connectivity of the space of light bulbs

Let the space of light bulbs be the space of properly embedded discs in S2×D2S^2\times D^2 that agree with x0×D2x_0\times D^2 near their boundary, with the appropriate topology. Non-simple-connectivity claim. The space of light bulbs is not simply connected. This concerns the topology of the space of embedded discs studied in the four-dimensional light bulb theorem; the statement asserts the existence of a nontrivial loop, although the supplied passage does not provide further details about that loop or its status.

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David Gabai, “The 4-Dimensional Light Bulb Theorem”, arXiv:1705.09989 (2020).

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