The Poincare ball 5-ball conjecture

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A Poincare 4-ball is a contractible 4-manifold whose boundary is S3S^3. A Schoenflies 4-ball is a Poincare 4-ball that embeds in S4S^4. Poincare ball 5-ball conjecture. If Δ4\Delta^4 is a Poincare ball, then

Δ4×IB5,\Delta^4\times I\cong B^5,

and hence Δ4×I\Delta^4\times I is a Schoenflies ball. This conjecture is presented as the Poincare ball embedding approach to the smooth 4-dimensional Poincare conjecture and remains open.

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Primary source

David Gabai, “3-Spheres in the 4-Sphere and Pseudo-Isotopies of S^1S^3”, arXiv:2212.02004 (2024).

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