On the number of components of the symplectic representatives of the canonical class
Stefano Vidussi
University of California, Riverside, United States
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Abstract
In this paper we show that there exists a family of simply connected, symplectic 4-manifolds such that the (Poincar\'e dual of the) canonical class admits both connected and disconnected symplectic representatives. This answers a question of Fintushel and Stern.
Cite this article
Stefano Vidussi, On the number of components of the symplectic representatives of the canonical class. J. Eur. Math. Soc. 9 (2007), no. 4, pp. 789–800
DOI 10.4171/JEMS/97