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From what I understand [1] the existence of exotic spheres in n>5 implies => the Smale conjecture is false in n>5 but does the Smale conjecture being false in n
by dabed 5y ago
From what I understand [1] the existence of exotic spheres in n>5 implies => the Smale conjecture is false in n>5 but does the Smale conjecture being false in n=4 implies nothing => about the existence of exotic spheres in n=4? [2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smale_conjecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smale_conjecture
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_sphere#4-dimensional_exotic_spheres_and_Gluck_twists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_sphere#4-dimensional_ex...