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Equivariant corks
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Equivariant corks

Dave Auckly, Hee Jung Kim, Paul Melvin and Daniel Ruberman
Algebraic & geometric topology, Vol.17(3), pp.1771-1783
01/01/2017

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Science & Technology Mathematics Physical Sciences
For any finite subgroup G of SO(4), we construct a contractible 4-manifold C with a G-action on its boundary that can be embedded in a closed 4-manifold so that cutting C out and regluing using distinct elements of G will always yield distinct smooth 4-manifolds. If we simply require G to be a subgroup of the mapping class group of the boundary, then such examples exist for groups that cannot act on any homology sphere.
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https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2017.17.1771View
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