Classification of Anosov diffeomorphisms is an outstanding open problem in
dynamics. All currently known examples of Anosov diffeomorphisms are
conjugate to nilmanifold (or infranilmanifold) Anosov automorphisms. In
1978 Farrell and Jones have constructed codimension one Anosov
diffeomorphisms on higher dimensional exotic tori. We construct Anosov
diffeomorphisms on manifolds that are homeomorphic to nilmanifolds yet have
exotic smooth structures. These manifolds are obtained from standard
nilmanifolds by connected summing with certain exotic spheres. Our
construction produces Anosov diffeomorphisms of high codimension.
Preliminaries on exotic structures will be thoroughly explained. This is
joint work with Tom Farrell.
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