Speaker: David Gabai (Princeton University)
Title: Knotted \( 3 \)-balls in \( S^4 \) and knotted \( 3 \)-spheres in \( S^1 \times S^3 \)
Abstract: We demonstrate codimension-\( 1 \) knotting in \( S^4 \) and \( S^1 \times S^3 \). That is, there are \( 3 \)-balls with boundary the standard \( 2 \)-sphere in \( S^4 \), which are not isotopic rel boundary to the standard \( 3 \)-ball and there are non separating \( 3 \)-spheres in \( S^1 \times S^3 \) not isotopic to \( \text{pt.} \times S^3 \). The latter induces diffeomorphisms of \( S^1 \times S^3 \) that are homotopic to \( \text{id} \) but not isotopic to \( \text{id} \). (Joint work with Ryan Budney)