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Mosc. Math. J., 2016 Volume 16, Number 1, Pages 1–25 (Mi mmj592)

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The classification of certain linked $3$-manifolds in $6$-space

S. Avvakumov

Institute of Science and Technology Austria, IST Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria

Abstract: We classify smooth Brunnian (i.e., unknotted on both components) embeddings $(S^2\times S^1)\sqcup S^3 \to\mathbb R^6$. Any Brunnian embedding $(S^2\times S^1)\sqcup S^3\to\mathbb R^6$ is isotopic to an explicitly constructed embedding $f_{k,m,n}$ for some integers $k,m,n$ such that $m\equiv n\pmod2$. Two embeddings $f_{k,m,n}$ and $f_{k',m',n'}$ are isotopic if and only if $k=k'$, $m\equiv m'\pmod{2k}$ and $n\equiv n'\pmod{2k}$.
We use Haefliger's classification of embeddings $S^3\sqcup S^3\to\mathbb R^6$ in our proof. The relation between the embeddings $(S^2\times S^1)\sqcup S^3\to\mathbb R^6$ and $S^3\sqcup S^3\to\mathbb R^6$ is not trivial, however. For example, we show that there exist embeddings $f\colon(S^2\times S^1)\sqcup S^3\to\mathbb R^6$ and $g,g'\colon S^3\sqcup S^3\to\mathbb R^6$ such that the componentwise embedded connected sum $f\#g$ is isotopic to $f\#g'$ but $g$ is not isotopic to $g'$.

Key words and phrases: classification of embeddings, framed cobordism, linked manifolds.

MSC: Primary 57R40, 57R52; Secondary 57Q45, 55P10

Received: October 28, 2014; in revised form September 7, 2015

Language: English

DOI: 10.17323/1609-4514-2016-16-1-1-25



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