Kervaire conjecture on weight of group via fundamental group of ribbon sphere-link

2023/03/24 by Akio Kawauchi, Kawauchi, Akio
Mathematics · Medicine · #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2303.13728

Abstract

Kervaire conjecture that the weight of the free product of every non-trivial group and the infinite cyclic group is not one is confirmed by confirming Conjecture Z of a knot exterior.

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