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20032023
most citedA survey of the foundations of four-manifold theory in the topological category

56 citations · 489 across the 89 of their papers we have counts for

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118 papers

math.GN2023

When does the table theorem imply a solution to the square peg problem?

Stefan Friedl, Kenan İnce

We will explain the relationship between one of the most beautiful theorems in topology, namely Fenn's Table Theorem, and one of the most famous open problems in topology, namely t…

math.GT2022

Blanchfield pairings and Gordian distance

Stefan Friedl, Takahiro Kitayama, Masaaki Suzuki

A lower bound of the Gordian distance is presented in terms of the Blanchfield pairing. Our approach, in particular, allows us to show at least for 195 pairs of unoriented nontrivi…

math.GT2022

Rational homology ribbon cobordism is a partial order

Stefan Friedl, Filip Misev, Raphael Zentner

We show that ribbon rational homology cobordism is a partial order within the class of irreducible 3-manifolds. This makes essential use of the methods recently employed by Ian Ago…

math.GT2021

Canonical decompositions and algorithmic recognition of spatial graphs

Stefan Friedl, Lars Munser, José Pedro Quintanilha +1

We prove that there exists an algorithm for determining whether two piecewise-linear spatial graphs are isomorphic. In its most general form, our theorem applies to spatial graphs…

math.GR2020

Epimorphism testing with virtually Abelian targets

Stefan Friedl, Clara Loeh

We show that the epimorphism problem is solvable for targets that are virtually cyclic or a product of an Abelian group and a finite group.

math.GT2020★ 5 cited

Homotopy ribbon concordance, Blanchfield pairings, and twisted Alexander polynomials

Stefan Friedl, Takahiro Kitayama, Lukas Lewark +2

We establish homotopy ribbon concordance obstructions coming from the Blanchfield form and Levine-Tristram signatures. Then, as an application of twisted Alexander polynomials, we…