Stable diffeomorphism conjecture for torsion-free fundamental groups

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Let MM and NN be closed, orientable, smooth 44-manifolds that are homotopy equivalent and have torsion-free fundamental group. Stable diffeomorphism conjecture. Then MM and NN are stably diffeomorphic, meaning that for some non-negative integers rr and ss, M#r(S2×S2)M\# r(S^2\times S^2) is diffeomorphic to N#s(S2×S2)N\# s(S^2\times S^2). This is known in the simply connected case and for many classes of fundamental groups, but is not established for all torsion-free groups.

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James F. Davis, “The Borel/Novikov conjectures and stable diffeomorphisms of 4-manifolds”, arXiv:math/0406084 (2011).

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