Abstract
We describe a circle-sum construction of smoothly embedded surface in a smooth 4-manifold. We apply this construction to give a simpler solution of the minimal genus problem for nontrivial S2 bundles over surfaces. We also treat the case of blow-ups.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3745-3753 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society |
Volume | 135 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2007 |