Skip to content

Open manifolds, Ozsvath-Szabo invariants and Exotic R4's

Siddhartha Gadgil

math.GTarXiv:math/0408379

Abstract

We construct an invariant of open four-manifolds using the Heegaard Floer theory of Ozsvath and Szabo. We show that there is a manifold X homeomorphic to R4 for which the invariant is non-trivial, showing that X is an exotic R4.

Create a lesson