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From flops to diffeomorphism groups

Differential Geometry 2022-06-29 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We exhibit many examples of closed complex surfaces whose diffeomorphism groups are not simply-connected and contain loops that are not homotopic to loops of symplectomorphisms.

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@article{arxiv.2002.01233,
  title  = {From flops to diffeomorphism groups},
  author = {Gleb Smirnov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.01233},
  year   = {2022}
}

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major revision; accepted version