Exotic definite four-manifolds with non-cyclic fundamental group

We construct infinitely many pairwise non-diffeomorphic irreducible smooth structures on a definite <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="4"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">4</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -manifold with non-cyclic fundamental group <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper Z slash 2 times double-struck upper Z slash 2"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mo> × </mml:mo> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb {Z}/2\times \mathbb {Z}/2</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> .

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Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
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2025-11-25
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https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/17341
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Geometric and Algebraic Topology
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Exotic definite four-manifolds with non-cyclic fundamental group

B. Park, Patrick Naylor, R. Adron Harris
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Geometric and Algebraic Topology
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Exotic definite four-manifolds with non-cyclic fundamental group

B. Park, Patrick Naylor, R. Adron Harris
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Abstract

We construct infinitely many pairwise non-diffeomorphic irreducible smooth structures on a definite <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="4"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">4</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -manifold with non-cyclic fundamental group <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper Z slash 2 times double-struck upper Z slash 2"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mo> × </mml:mo> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Z</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb {Z}/2\times \mathbb {Z}/2</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> .

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
University of Waterloo (CA), McMaster University (CA)
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