Mapping class groups of simply connected closed spin 5-manifolds with no 2- and 3-torsion in homology

Abstract

We show that the Torelli group of a simply connected closed 5-manifold $M$, which is spin and has no 2-torsion elements in homology, is isomorphic to the bordism group ${\Omega }_6^{\mathrm{Spin}}(K(H_2(M),2))$. For $H_2(M)$ with no 2- and 3-torsion we determine this bordism group, and give explicit constructions for the generators of the Torelli group. Furthermore, for the $g$-fold connected sum ${\#}^g(S^2\times S^3)$ we completely determine its mapping class group. We apply our results to compute the stabilization and abelianization of the mapping class group of ${\#}^g(S^2\times S^3)$, determine the group of isotopy classes of diffeomorphisms of $M$ that are homotopic to the identity, and study the embeddings of $S^3$ in $S^2\times S^3$.

47 pages. Comments welcome