Mapping class groups of h-cobordant manifolds

We prove that the mapping class group is not an h-cobordism invariant of high-dimensional manifolds by exhibiting h-cobordant manifolds whose mapping class groups have different cardinalities. In order to do so, we introduce a moduli space of ‘h-block’ bundles and understand its difference with the...

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Main Author: Samuel Muñoz-Echániz
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-01-01
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spelling doaj-art-15b11b5d39954c7b8d12422ca0598d452025-08-20T04:02:22ZengCambridge University PressForum of Mathematics, Sigma2050-50942025-01-011310.1017/fms.2025.10087Mapping class groups of h-cobordant manifoldsSamuel Muñoz-Echániz0https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4190-6417https://ror.org/013meh722 University of Cambridge , Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WB, United KingdomWe prove that the mapping class group is not an h-cobordism invariant of high-dimensional manifolds by exhibiting h-cobordant manifolds whose mapping class groups have different cardinalities. In order to do so, we introduce a moduli space of ‘h-block’ bundles and understand its difference with the moduli space of ordinary block bundles.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S205050942510087X/type/journal_article57R8055R6057S0557N3757Q10
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