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  5. 2024

Geometric Topology

‟Corks for exotic diffeomorphisms” by Terrin Warren <terrin@uga.edu>, University of Georgia

Abstract:

In dimension 4, there exist simply-connected manifolds which are homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic; the difference between the distinct smooth structures can be localized using corks. Similarly, there exist diffeomorphisms of simply-connected 4-manifolds which are topologically but not smoothly isotopic. In this talk, I will discuss some preliminary results towards an analogous localization of this phenomena using corks for diffeomorphisms. This project is joint work with Slava Krushkal, Anubhav Mukherjee, and Mark Powell.