Lefschetz fibrations and symplectic homology

McLean, Mark¹

¹ Departement Mathematik, ETH Zürich, HG F 28.6, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland

Geometry & topology, Tome 13 (2009) no. 4, pp. 1877-1944.

Résumé

We show that for each $k>3$ there are infinitely many finite type Stein manifolds diffeomorphic to Euclidean space ${ℝ}^{2k}$ which are pairwise distinct as symplectic manifolds.

Détail

DOI : 10.2140/gt.2009.13.1877

Keywords: Stein manifold, symplectic homology, Lefschetz fibration

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