Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: In this short note we show the existence of stably exotic knotted surfaces in 4-manifolds in the sense that the embedded surfaces are topologically equivalent but are not smoothly equivalent even after any number of internal and external stabilisations.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Galvin, Daniel, Kasprowski, Daniel
Language: English
Subfield: Geometry and Topology
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7221790264