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Einstein Metrics, Complex Surfaces, and Symplectic 4-Manifolds

Differential Geometry 2017-05-24 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Which smooth compact 4-manifolds admit an Einstein metric with non-negative Einstein constant? A complete answer is provided in the special case of 4-manifolds that also happen to admit either a complex structure or a symplectic structure.

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@article{arxiv.0803.3743,
  title  = {Einstein Metrics, Complex Surfaces, and Symplectic 4-Manifolds},
  author = {Claude LeBrun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.3743},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

12 pages, LaTeX2e. Final version, to appear in Math. Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc. (Preliminary version appeared in informal lecture-note volume in honor of Fujiki's 60th birthday.)

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