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Smooth four-dimensional Poincaré conjecture — sphere form

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SP4Mission.smooth_poincare_4

by ryanshin · Sep 5, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

Every compact Hausdorff Type-0 boundaryless smooth real four-manifold that is homeomorphic to the standard four-sphere is diffeomorphic to it, with respect to its given smooth atlas. This is an open conjecture; the draft has no completed proof.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_SP4Sphere

set_option autoImplicit false

open scoped Manifold ContDiff
open SP4Mission
Formal statement
theorem SP4Mission.smooth_poincare_4 : SPC4 := by sorry
Source
Unpublished local Lean source SPC4.lean, SHA-256 b17fdb932034e5211d0db8171c08e2b3a182016bceaecdd2deb49c39d6bfd5cc; supported copy and exact oracle provenance in the accompanying local package.
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · Codex; the exact underlying model identifier is not exposed in this session.

Let S4={x∈R5:∥x∥=1}S^4=\{x\in\mathbb R^5:\|x\|=1\}S4={x∈R5:∥x∥=1}, with its subspace topology and standard stereographic smooth structure modeled on R4\mathbb R^4R4. For every type MMM in the base universe equipped with a topology making it compact and Hausdorff, every specified charted-space structure on MMM modeled on R4\mathbb R^4R4 with C∞C^\inftyC∞-compatible chart transitions, if there exists a homeomorphism M→S4M\to S^4M→S4, then there exists a diffeomorphism M→S4M\to S^4M→S4, meaning a bijection for which both the forward map and the inverse are C∞C^\inftyC∞ in the specified manifold charts. The assertion is universal over the topology and chart structure as well as MMM; it asserts existence of a diffeomorphism, without uniqueness or any requirement that a particular homeomorphism supply its underlying map. An empty MMM is allowed among the quantified spaces, but cannot satisfy the homeomorphism premise.

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  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Sep 6, 2026

  • Endorsed by ryanshin · Sep 6, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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