Trisection genus invariance for exotic smooth 4-manifolds

Let XX and YY be smooth 44-manifolds, and let g(X)g(X) and g(Y)g(Y) denote their trisection genera, namely the minimal genera of the triple-intersection surfaces among (relative) trisections of the manifolds. The manifolds are exotic if they are homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic.

Trisection genus invariance conjecture. If two smooth 44-manifolds XX and YY are exotic, then

g(X)=g(Y).g(X)=g(Y).

This would make trisection genus a homeomorphism invariant of smooth 44-manifolds, conditional on the additivity conjectures for trisection genus under connected sum and boundary connected sum. The source does not establish the conjecture.

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Natsuya Takahashi, “Exotic 4-manifolds with small trisection genus”, arXiv:2308.00482 (2025).

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