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Surgery is reversed by dual surgery

Statement

Assume ACω (The Axiom of Countable Choice (ACω)). Let M be a closed connected smooth m-manifold, 0≤p≤m−1, q=m−p, let φ be a framed embedded surgery sphere in M with trace Wφ and surgered manifold Mφ, and let Sφ be the dual surgery sphere of dimension q−1, with its canonical framing (Dual surgery sphere). Then the (q−1)-surgery on Mφ along Sφ produces a closed smooth m-manifold diffeomorphic to M, the diffeomorphism being the identity outside the union of the removed tubular piece and the glued Dq×Sp. Equivalently, the two spherical modifications are inverse operations up to diffeomorphism, and the trace Wφ is the supporting manifold of both. The construction is compatible with the framings: the dual framing is the one for which this holds.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: the closed connected smooth m-manifold M, integers 0≤p≤m−1 and q=m−p, the framed embedded surgery sphere φ, the trace Wφ, the surgered manifold Mφ and the dual surgery sphere Sφ.

[F1]

p-surgery on a smooth m-manifold: writing N=M∖φ(Sp×int⁡Dq), the surgered manifold is Mφ=N∪φ∣Sp×Sq−1(Dp+1×Sq−1), with the smooth structure given by collars and a compatible smoothing of the seam; the identification on the overlap is the restriction of the supplied product embedding.

[F2]

Dual surgery sphere: the dual surgery sphere is Sφ={0}×Sq−1⊆Dp+1×Sq−1⊆Mφ, of dimension q−1, framed by the Dp+1-factor directions, and the dual operation is the (q−1)-surgery on Mφ along Sφ; the dual piece is Dq×Sp because (q−1)+1=q and p+1=m−(q−1).

[F3]

Framed embedded surgery sphere: a framed embedded surgery sphere of dimension q−1 is an embedding Sq−1×Dp+1↪Mφ; its boundary is Sq−1×Sp.

[F4]

The outgoing boundary of a handle attachment trades the disk factors: the two faces of the trace handle are Sp×Dq and Dp+1×Sq−1, with common boundary Sp×Sq−1. The replacement piece in the dual surgery is Dq×Sp, with boundary Sq−1×Sp.

[F5]

Diffeomorphisms and local diffeomorphisms of manifolds: a diffeomorphism is a bijective smooth map with smooth inverse.

[F6]

Gluing handle Morse models along collars, proof steps 1.2–2.1: in dimension n and for 0<k<n, the elementary band with Q(u,v)=−∣u∣2+∣v∣2, −1≤Q≤1 and ∣u∣2∣v∣2≤2 has incoming face Sk−1×Dn−k, outgoing face Dk×Sn−k−1 and product side Sk−1×Sn−k−1×[−1,1]. Gluing its side to the complement times the height interval gives the prescribed handle trace up to diffeomorphism and absorption of outer regular collars.

[F7]

The surgery gluing has a canonical smooth structure up to diffeomorphism: different auxiliary collars and compatible seam presentations of the same surgery are related by a diffeomorphism supported near the seam.

Proof

Given: the objects and hypotheses of the statement.

1.1F1F2F3

By [F1] the surgered manifold is the union of N with the glued handle Dp+1×Sq−1 along the boundary φ(Sp×Sq−1)=Sp×Sq−1. The dual sphere Sφ={0}×Sq−1 lies in that handle, and by [F2] its framing exhibits the product {0}×Sq−1×Dp+1; the closed glued-in product is a framed product neighbourhood of Sφ in Mφ, so the dual surgery of [F2] removes exactly the interior of the glued handle and glues Dq×Sp along Sq−1×Sp.

2.1F1F2F4step 1.1

Removing the interior of the glued handle from Mφ leaves the complement N with boundary φ(Sp×Sq−1), up to a collar; by [F4] the boundary of Dq×Sp is Sq−1×Sp, and the gluing identification is the given framing on that overlap. Hence the surgered manifold of the dual operation is Mdual=N∪φ∣Sp×Sq−1(Dq×Sp).

3.1F1F4F5F7step 2.1

The factor swap (y,x)↦(x,y) identifies Dq×Sp with Sp×Dq and its boundary with Sp×Sq−1. Composing with φ identifies the quotient in step 2.1 with N∪φ∣B(Sp×Dq)=M, where B=Sp×Sq−1. Choose the signed seam collars transported from M for this reconstruction; the map is smooth across the seam and is the identity on N. Other collar choices are compared by [F7], with support near the seam. This gives the asserted diffeomorphism and support.

4.1F2F4F6step 1.1step 3.1constructalgebra∎

To identify the supporting manifold, use [F6] with n=m+1 and k=p+1, so 0<k<n since q≥1. Write its elementary band as H={(u,v):−1≤Q≤1, ∣u∣2∣v∣2≤2}, with u∈Rp+1 and v∈Rq. At Q=−1 the coordinates are (x,v)↦(1+∣v∣2 x,v) for x∈Sp, ∣v∣≤1; at Q=1 they are (u,y)↦(u,1+∣u∣2 y) for ∣u∣≤1, y∈Sq−1. Glue the side to N×[−1,1] using φ∣B on the sphere coordinates. By [F6] this is Wφ up to diffeomorphism. Now exchange (u,v) with (v,u) and reverse the height on the complementary product. The inequalities defining H are invariant, Q changes to −Q, and the old outgoing coordinates become the incoming Sq−1×Dp+1 coordinates. Their disk derivative along u=0 is the product normal framing of [F2]. The same side gluing, read backwards, is therefore the elementary band for that dual framed surgery on Mφ. Applying [F6] with k=q identifies it with the dual trace, after absorbing outer collars; compatible roundings are compared by Smooth handle attachment is independent of corner rounding up to diffeomorphism. Thus both traces have the same supporting manifold up to diffeomorphism.

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