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1 Introduction

$\ZZZ$$\ZZZ$ Let $\mathcal{M}_6(0)$$\mathcal{M}_6(0)$ be the set of diffeomorphism classes of closed smooth simply-connected 2-connected 6-manifolds $M$$M$.

The classification $\mathcal{M}_6(0)$$\mathcal{M}_6(0)$ was one of Smale's first applications of the h-cobordism theorem [Smale1962a, Corollary 1.3]. The classification, as for oriented surfaces is strikingly simple: every 2-connected 6-manifold $M$$M$ is diffeomorphic to a connected-sum

$\displaystyle M \cong \sharp_r(S^3 \times S^3)$ $$\displaystyle M \cong \sharp_r(S^3 \times S^3)$$

where by definition $\sharp_0(S^3 \times S^3) = S^6$$\sharp_0(S^3 \times S^3) = S^6$ and in general $r$$r$ is determined by the formula for the Euler characteristic of $M$$M$

$\displaystyle \chi(M) = 2 - 2r.$ $$\displaystyle \chi(M) = 2 - 2r.$$

• For the more general case where $H_2(M) \neq 0$$H_2(M) \neq 0$, see 6-manifolds: 1-connected.

1 Construction and examples

The following gives a complete list of 2-connected 6-manifolds up to diffeomorphism:

• $S^6$$S^6$, the standard 6-sphere.
• $\sharp_b(S^3 \times S^3)$$\sharp_b(S^3 \times S^3)$, the $b$$b$-fold connected sum of $S^3 \times S^3$$S^3 \times S^3$.

2 Invariants

Suppose that $M$$M$ is diffeomorphic to $\sharp_b(S^3 \times S^3)$$\sharp_b(S^3 \times S^3)$ then:

• $\pi_3(M) \cong H_3(M) \cong \Zz^{2b}$$\pi_3(M) \cong H_3(M) \cong \Zz^{2b}$,
• the third Betti-number of $M$$M$ is given by $b_3(M) = 2b$$b_3(M) = 2b$,
• the Euler characteristic of $M$$M$ is given by $\chi(M) = 2 - 2b$$\chi(M) = 2 - 2b$,
• the intersection form of $M$$M$ is isomorphic to the sum of b-copies of $H_{-}(\Zz)$$H_{-}(\Zz)$, the standard skew-symmetric hyperbolic form on $\Zz^2$$\Zz^2$.

3 Classification

Recall that the following theorem was stated in other words in the introduction:

Theorem 7.1 [Smale1962a, Corolary 1.3]. The semi-group of 2-connected 6-manifolds is generated by $S^3 \times S^3$$S^3 \times S^3$.

Hence if $\Nn$$\Nn$ denotes the natural numbers we obtain a bijection

$\displaystyle \mathcal{M}_6(0)\equiv \Nn,~~~[M] \mapsto \frac{1}{2}b_3(M).$ $$\displaystyle \mathcal{M}_6(0)\equiv \Nn,~~~[M] \mapsto \frac{1}{2}b_3(M).$$

4 Further discussion

4.1 Topological 2-connected 6-manifolds

Let $\mathcal{M}^{\Top}_6(e)$$\mathcal{M}^{\Top}_6(e)$ be the set of homeomorphism classes of topological 2-connected 6-manifolds.

Theorem 9.1. Every topological 2-connected 6-manifold admits a smooth structure which is unique up to diffoemorphism. That is, there is a bijection

$\displaystyle \mathcal{M}_6(e) \rightarrow \mathcal{M}^{\Top}_6(e).$ $$\displaystyle \mathcal{M}_6(e) \rightarrow \mathcal{M}^{\Top}_6(e).$$

Proof. For any such manifold $M$$M$ we have $H^4(M; \Zz/2) \cong 0$$H^4(M; \Zz/2) \cong 0$ and so $M$$M$ is smoothable (see 6-manifolds: 1-connected). Any two homeomorphic manifolds have the same Euler Characteristic and so by Theorem 7.1 are diffeomorphic.

$\square$$\square$

4.2 Mapping class groups

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2 References

• [Smale1962a] S. Smale, On the structure of manifolds, Amer. J. Math. 84 (1962), 387–399. MR0153022 (27 #2991) Zbl 0109.41103