Galatius–Randal-Williams' conjecture on the class of the homotopy sphere Sigma_Q

Let n3n\geq 3 be odd, and let ΣQ\Sigma_Q be the homotopy sphere obtained as the boundary of the manifold QQ in the relevant bordism group. Its class [ΣQ][\Sigma_Q] lies in coker(J)2n+1\operatorname{coker}(J)_{2n+1}. Galatius–Randal-Williams' conjecture.

[ΣQ]=0.[\Sigma_Q]=0.

This conjecture asserts that the class of ΣQ\Sigma_Q vanishes for every odd n3n\geq 3. The statement was previously known for n=3,7n=3,7 and for n1(mod4)n\equiv 1\pmod 4; the general case is left open in the source.

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Primary source

Manuel Krannich, “Mapping class groups of highly connected (4k+2)-manifolds”, arXiv:1902.10097 (2020).

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