On homotopy groups of spaces of embeddings of an arc or a circle: the Dax invariant

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author Kosanović, Danica
author_facet Kosanović, Danica
contents We compute in many classes of examples the first potentially interesting homotopy group of the space of embeddings of either an arc or a circle into a manifold $M$ of dimension $d\geq4$. In particular, if $M$ is a simply connected 4-manifold the fundamental group of both of these embedding spaces is isomorphic to the second homology group of $M$, answering a question posed by Arone and Szymik. The case $d=3$ gives isotopy invariants of knots in a 3-manifold, that are universal of Vassiliev type $\leq1$, and reduce to Schneiderman's concordance invariant.
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spellingShingle On homotopy groups of spaces of embeddings of an arc or a circle: the Dax invariant
Kosanović, Danica
Geometric Topology
We compute in many classes of examples the first potentially interesting homotopy group of the space of embeddings of either an arc or a circle into a manifold $M$ of dimension $d\geq4$. In particular, if $M$ is a simply connected 4-manifold the fundamental group of both of these embedding spaces is isomorphic to the second homology group of $M$, answering a question posed by Arone and Szymik. The case $d=3$ gives isotopy invariants of knots in a 3-manifold, that are universal of Vassiliev type $\leq1$, and reduce to Schneiderman's concordance invariant.
title On homotopy groups of spaces of embeddings of an arc or a circle: the Dax invariant
topic Geometric Topology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.03041