OpenAI · 320-01 · 2026-10-04 · Topology
Nonhomeomorphic closed aspherical four-manifolds with the same homotopy type
preprints/Nonhomeomorphic-closed-aspherical-four-manifolds-with-the-same-homotopy-type-October-4-2026
Family 320. A four-dimensional counterexample to Borel rigidity.
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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.
We construct closed connected aspherical topological four-manifolds that are homotopy equivalent but not homeomorphic, disproving the homeomorphism-existence formulation of the Borel conjecture in dimension four. Their common fundamental group is word-hyperbolic. One of the manifolds also has a self-homotopy equivalence not homotopic to a homeomorphism.
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