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Geometric transfer and the homotopy type of the automorphism groups of a manifold
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Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 269 (1982), 1-38 Request permission

Abstract:

Lifting concordances (pseudo-isotopies) in a smooth fibre bundle gives a transfer of stable concordance groups. Properties of the transfer are proved and exploited to obtain the homotopy structure of the group of diffeomorphisms or homeomorphisms of a manifold in a stable range.
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  • © Copyright 1982 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 269 (1982), 1-38
  • MSC: Primary 57R65; Secondary 20F38, 55R10, 58D05
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1982-0637027-4
  • MathSciNet review: 637027