Strong concordance-implies-isotopy conjecture for positive scalar curvature metrics

Let SingMet\mathrm{SingMet} and ConcSet\mathrm{ConcSet} be the cubical models of, respectively, the space of positive scalar curvature metrics and the space of positive scalar curvature concordances, and let

susp ⁣:SingMetConcSet\mathrm{susp}_\bullet\colon \mathrm{SingMet}\dashrightarrow\mathrm{ConcSet}

be the cubical map sending a singular metric to its suspension. Strong concordance-implies-isotopy conjecture. The cubical map

susp ⁣:SingMetConcSet\mathrm{susp}_\bullet\colon \mathrm{SingMet}\dashrightarrow\mathrm{ConcSet}

is a weak homotopy equivalence. This is a strengthening of the path-component formulation of concordance-implies-isotopy: it asks for equivalence on all homotopy groups, not only injectivity on components.

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Thorsten Hertl, “Concordances in Positive Scalar Curvature and Index Theory”, arXiv:2303.07844 (2023).

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