Partial-order conjecture for ribbon rational homology cobordism

A ribbon Q\mathbb{Q}-homology cobordism is a rational homology cobordism between closed, oriented, connected 3-manifolds admitting a handle decomposition with only 1- and 2-handles.

Ribbon rational homology cobordism conjecture. If there exists a ribbon Q\mathbb{Q}-homology cobordism from Y0Y_0 to Y1Y_1 and one from Y1Y_1 to Y0Y_0, then Y0Y_0 and Y1Y_1 are diffeomorphic; equivalently, ribbon Q\mathbb{Q}-homology cobordism is a partial order.

This is presented as the 3-manifold analogue of Gordon's ribbon-concordance conjecture. The general statement remains open.

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Jennifer Hom, “Homology cobordism, knot concordance, and Heegaard Floer homology”, arXiv:2108.10400 (2021).

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