Abstract:
The Borel Conjecture for closed manifolds implies that two closed aspherical manifolds with isomorphic fundamental group are homeomorphic. The Borel conjecture for compact aspherical manifolds with boundary states that a homotopy equivalence which is homeomorphism on the boundary is homotopic to a homeomorphism.
Jonathan Hillman and I classify and prove the Borel Conjecture for all compact aspherical four manifolds with boundary with good (= elementary amenable) fundamental group. We classify all possible fundamental groups and all possible 3-manifold boundaries.
Scheduled for: 2025-03-06 01:30 PM: Plenary Talk: James Davis in Forbes 1022
Status: Accepted
Collection: Plenary and Semi-Plenary Talks
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