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The study of differentiable manifolds and differentiable maps. One fundamental problem is that of classifying manifolds up to diffeomorphism. Differential topology is what Poincaré understood as topology or “analysis situs”.

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On the state of the art on closed $(n-1)$-connected $2n$ manifolds

The classification problem of smooth oriented closed $(n-1)$-connected $2n$-manifolds for $n\ge3$ splits into three parts. Classify smooth almost closed compact oriented $(n-1)$-connected $2n$-manifo …
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Version of pseudo-isotopy $\neq$ isotopy for $(n+1)$-framings

Take any pseudoisotopy $\varphi\colon M\times I\rightarrow M\times I$ from the identity to a diffeomorphism $\phi$ that is not isotopic to the identity (as you mentioned, these exist). By obstruction …
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Is the restriction map for embeddings of manifolds with boundary a fibration?

Let $M$ and $W$ be smooth manifolds (possibly with boundary) and $V\subseteq W$ a submanifold. We have a map between embedding spaces $$Emb(W,M)\rightarrow Emb(V,M)$$ given by restriction. Richard Pa …
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Reference Request: Compact manifolds with boundary have the homotopy type of a CW-complex

Let $M$ be a compact manifold (possibly non-smooth) manifold with boundary $\partial M$. Is the inclusion $\partial M\hookrightarrow M$ homotopy equivalent to the inclusion of a subcomplex into a CW- …
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