# we-solve research prompt: Math-1182, Which compact boundaryless 3-manifolds embed smoothly in the 4-sphere?

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/which-compact-boundaryless-3-manifolds-embed-smoothly-in-the-4-sphere/).

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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 3416; source catalogue code OPG-37154
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\section*{Which compact boundaryless 3-manifolds embed smoothly in the 4-sphere?}\label{3416}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3416 · OPG-37154 · Topology · OpenGarden}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $M$ be a compact smooth three-manifold without boundary, given
by a finite triangulation with its compatible smooth structure.
The target ambient manifold is the standard smooth sphere
$S^4\subset\mathbb R^5$. A smooth embedding $e:M\hookrightarrow S^4$
is an injective smooth immersion that is a homeomorphism onto its
image; its differential has rank three everywhere.

Find a complete computable set of invariants that decides whether
such an embedding exists for every input $M$. The source also asks
for a constructive procedure producing an embedding in the yes-case.
Thus the desired algorithm must terminate with a correct no-answer
on every nonembeddable input and with a finite verifiable description
of a smooth embedding on every embeddable input. A compatible
triangulated or handle description can serve as output, provided
its conversion to a smooth embedding is justified.

The category is fixed: a merely continuous or topological embedding
is insufficient. No bound on the running time or output size is
prescribed. Nonorientable manifolds are not silently discarded from
the input domain; a decision procedure must address them as well.
Computable necessary obstructions supply part of a criterion, but
the required completeness also needs a sufficiency argument and
the requested construction whenever all obstructions vanish.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Can smooth embeddability of every closed three-manifold in the standard four-sphere be decided effectively, with an embedding constructed whenever one exists?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3416 (OPG-37154), OpenGarden collection. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Open Problem Garden, Which compact boundaryless 3-manifolds embed smoothly in the 4-sphere?. Original problem and discussion; the mathematical formulation below is expanded from the supplied source record.
\url{http://www.openproblemgarden.org/op/which_compact_boundaryless_3_manifolds_embed_smoothly_in_the_4_sphere}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/OPG-37154

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-3416
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
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Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)