Nonorientable Lagrangian surfaces in rational 4-manifolds

Bo Dai, Chung I. Ho, Tian Jun Li

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Abstract

We show that for any nonzero class A in H2(X;ℤ2) in a rational 4-manifold X, A is represented by a nonorientable embedded Lagrangian surface L (for some symplectic structure) if and only if P(A) ≡ ξ(L)(mod 4), where P(A) denotes the mod 4 valued Pontryagin square of A.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2837-2854
Number of pages18
JournalAlgebraic and Geometric Topology
Volume19
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

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Keywords

  • Lagrangian blowup
  • Nonorientable Lagrangian surface

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