Geometry and topology · Oct 6, 2026
Nonhomeomorphic closed aspherical four-manifolds
Constructs closed connected aspherical topological four-manifolds that are homotopy equivalent but not homeomorphic, with a common word-hyperbolic fundamental group. This disproves even the homeomorphism-existence formulation of the Borel conjecture in dimension four.
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