A note on positive-definite, symplectic four-manifolds
Jennifer Hom
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USATye Lidman
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
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Abstract
We prove that a positive-definite smooth four-manifold with and having either no 1-handles or no 3-handles cannot admit a symplectic structure.
Cite this article
Jennifer Hom, Tye Lidman, A note on positive-definite, symplectic four-manifolds. J. Eur. Math. Soc. 21 (2019), no. 1, pp. 257–270
DOI 10.4171/JEMS/835