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Homology class of a Lagrangian Klein bottle

Symplectic Geometry 2009-08-28 v4 Complex Variables Geometric Topology

Abstract

It is shown that an embedded Lagrangian Klein bottle represents a non-trivial mod 2 homology class in a compact symplectic four-manifold (X,ω)(X,\omega) with c1(X)[ω]>0c_1(X)\cdot[\omega]>0. (In versions 1 and 2, the last assumption was missing. A counterexample to this general claim and the first proof of the corrected result have been found by Vsevolod Shevchishin.) As a corollary one obtains that the Klein bottle does not admit a Lagrangian embedding into the standard symplectic four-space.

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0106122,
  title  = {Homology class of a Lagrangian Klein bottle},
  author = {Stefan Nemirovski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0106122},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Version 3 - completely rewritten to correct a mistake; Version 4 - minor edits, added references; AMSLaTeX, 6 pages