Flexible Surfaces in $\mathbb{C}P^2$ and $S^2\times S^2$
Geometric Topology
2026-02-17 v1
Abstract
A surface in a 4-manifold is called flexible if any mapping class of the surface arises as the restriction of a diffeomorphism . We construct flexible surfaces in and within any prescribed non-characteristic homology class. Within characteristic homology classes there is a spin structure obstructing flexibility and we construct so-called spin-flexible representatives.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2602.14753,
title = {Flexible Surfaces in $\mathbb{C}P^2$ and $S^2\times S^2$},
author = {Joshua Lehman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.14753},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
19 pages, 9 figures. Comments welcome!