A note on homotopy and pseudoisotopy of diffeomorphisms of $4$-manifolds

This note serves to record examples of diffeomorphisms of closed smooth $4$-manifolds $X$ that are homotopic but not pseudoisotopic to the identity, and to explain why there are no such examples when $X$ is orientable and its fundamental group is a free group.

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Main Authors: Krannich, Manuel, Kupers, Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Académie des sciences 2024-11-01
Series:Comptes Rendus. Mathématique
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Online Access:https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/mathematique/articles/10.5802/crmath.663/
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Summary:This note serves to record examples of diffeomorphisms of closed smooth $4$-manifolds $X$ that are homotopic but not pseudoisotopic to the identity, and to explain why there are no such examples when $X$ is orientable and its fundamental group is a free group.
ISSN:1778-3569