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Embeddings of $S^2$ in $\mathbb{CP}^2$
Suppose we are given an embedding of $S^2$ in $\mathbb{CP}^2$ with self-intersection 1. Is there a diffeomorphism of $\mathbb{CP}^2$ which takes the given sphere to a complex line?
Note: I suspect ...
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open problems in Seiberg-Witten Theory on 4-Manifolds
What are some of the open problems in Seiberg-Witten Theory on 4-Manifolds.I tried googling but couldn't any. I tried googling it, but couldn't find any resources.The places where I can a survey or ...
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Thurston geometries in dimension 4
In the sense of W. Thurston here, there is 3 geometries in dimension 2 and there is 8 geometries in dimension 3.
Question: How many different geometries (in the sense of Thurston) do we have in ...
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Example of two exotic closed 4-manifolds s.t. SW(X)=0
I am interested in seeing examples of two closed 4-manifolds $X_1,X_2$ such that $SW(X_i)=0$ and they are homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic.
So far in the literature I've only found examples which ...
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Examples of homology sphere that bound a nonsmoothable contractible 4-manifold
Freedman’s theorem shows that all 3-dimensional homology spheres bound topologically a contractible 4-manifold. It is well known that the Poincaré homology sphere does not bound a smooth contractible ...
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Topological Classification of Four-Manifolds
It is known that the topological classification of a closed Riemann surface is determined by its genus. Similar statements are proven for other compact Riemann surfaces with boundaries/marked points. ...
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Intersection form of logarithmic transformations
Now I want to calculate the intersection form of a logarithmic transformation which is defined as follows.
Let $X$ be an oriented, closed, simply-connected 4-manifold and $T^2\subset X$
be an ...
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Are "Unions" of small exotic $\mathbb{R}^4$'s small?
Suppose $M$ is a smooth 4-manifold, and $U,V \subset M$ are exotic $\mathbb{R}^4$'s, i.e. homeomorphic to standard $\mathbb{R} ^4$.
Further more suppose $U$ an $V$ intersect nicely sucht that $U \cup ...
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Smoothability of open 4-manifolds
F. Quinn proved that any open topological 4-manifold admits a smooth structure in Ends of maps III: dimensions 4 and 5.
He first proves the generalized annulus conjecture:
Suppose $h:D^j\times \...
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Extend a circle action on $3$-manifolds
Let $M$ be an oriented closed $3$-manifold equipped with an effective smooth circle action.
Can we have a classification of all such $M$ such that there exists a $4$-manifold $N$ with $\partial N=M$, ...
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