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Arf invariant for characteristic surfaces in closed 4-manifolds depends on homeomorphism type

Let $X$ be a closed smooth oriented 4-manifold with $H_1(X;\Bbb Z)=0$. Then for a smoothly embedded orientable surface $F\subset X$ which is characteristic, there is a well-defined invariant $\text{...
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