Geometric topology | 4-manifolds

4-manifold

In mathematics, a 4-manifold is a 4-dimensional topological manifold. A smooth 4-manifold is a 4-manifold with a smooth structure. In dimension four, in marked contrast with lower dimensions, topological and smooth manifolds are quite different. There exist some topological 4-manifolds which admit no smooth structure, and even if there exists a smooth structure, it need not be unique (i.e. there are smooth 4-manifolds which are homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic). 4-manifolds are important in physics because in General Relativity, spacetime is modeled as a pseudo-Riemannian 4-manifold. (Wikipedia).

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From playlist Mechanisms

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From playlist Manifolds

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From playlist What is a Manifold?

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From playlist Manifolds

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From playlist Pneumatic and Hydraulics

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From playlist Pneumatic and Hydraulics

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From playlist 39th Annual Geometric Topology Workshop (Online), June 6-8, 2022

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From playlist Workshop on Geometric Functionals: Analysis and Applications

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John Milnor: Spheres

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From playlist Abel Lectures

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Overview of gauge theory and submanifold geometry on G_2 manifolds - Simon Donaldson [2014]

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From playlist Mathematics

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Conformal gap theorems of $S^4$ and $CP^2$ - Alice Chang [2017]

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From playlist Mathematics

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