Abstract
In this article, we construct the first example of a simply connected minimal symplectic 4 -manifold that is homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to 3 CP2 #7CP2. We also construct the first exotic minimal symplectic CP2#5CP2.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1781-1794 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Algebraic and Geometric Topology |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- 4-manifolds
- Exotic smooth structures
- Fiber sum
- Seiberg -Witten invariants
- Symplectic 4-manifolds