Kim–Livingston conjecture for rational homology cobordism

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Let ΘQtop\Theta^{\mathrm{top}}_\mathbb{Q} be the topological rational homology cobordism group of rational homology 33-spheres, and let W(Q/Z)W(\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}) be the Witt group of nonsingular symmetric bilinear linking forms L ⁣:A×A→Q/ZL\colon A\times A\to\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z} on finite abelian groups. The linking form defines a surjective homomorphism

ΘQtop→W(Q/Z).\Theta^{\mathrm{top}}_\mathbb{Q}\to W(\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}).

Kim–Livingston conjecture. This homomorphism is an isomorphism.

The conjecture identifies topological rational homology cobordism classes of rational homology 33-spheres with their linking-form Witt classes. The source describes it as a well-known conjecture and notes that surjectivity is known, while injectivity remains the unresolved part.

References

Primary source

Jae Choon Cha, “Primary decomposition in the smooth concordance group of topologically slice knots”, arXiv:1910.14629 (2021).

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