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What are some of the big open problems in $4$-manifold theory?
I've recently been studying some Manifold Theory and got very interested in their topological as well as geometric properties. From my understanding of the current literature, most the big and ...
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open problems in Seiberg-Witten Theory on 4-Manifolds
What are some of the open problems in Seiberg-Witten Theory on 4-Manifolds.I tried googling but couldn't any. I tried googling it, but couldn't find any resources.The places where I can a survey or ...
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Is there a smooth $4$-manifold homeomorphic but not diffemorphic to $CP^2$? [closed]
Is there a smooth $4$-manifold homeomorphic but not diffemorphic to $CP^2$? Are there known non-smooth examples homeomorphic $CP^2$?
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Can you flip the end of a large exotic $\mathbb{R}^4$
Can you flip the end of a large exotic $\mathbb{R}^4$
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Definition (Exotic $\mathbb{R}^4$):
An exotic $\mathbb{R}^4$ is a smooth manifold $R$ homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to $\mathbb{...
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What's the Kirby Diagram of a universal $\mathbb{R}^4$?
What's the Kirby diagram of a universal $\mathbb{R}^4$?
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Define $\mathcal{R}$ as the set of smoothings of $\mathbb{R}^4$. For two oriented elements $R_1$, $R_2$ in $\mathcal{R}$ we can ...