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Anti-self-dual blowups II

Differential Geometry 2025-12-04 v1

Abstract

Let XX be a closed, oriented four-manifold with b2+3b_2^+ \leq 3, and suppose XX contains a collection of pairwise disjoint embedded (2)(-2)-spheres. We prove that there is a Riemannian metric on XX such that the Poincare dual of each of these spheres is represented by an anti-self-dual harmonic form. This extends our earlier result for (1)(-1)-spheres. The main new ingredient is an application of Eliashberg's hh-principle for overtwisted contact structures, which we use to construct self-dual harmonic forms on four-orbifolds with prescribed local behaviour near the orbifold singular set.

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@article{arxiv.2512.03352,
  title  = {Anti-self-dual blowups II},
  author = {Vsevolod Shevchishin and Gleb Smirnov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.03352},
  year   = {2025}
}

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26 pages

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