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Immersed projective planes, Arf invariants and even 4-manifolds

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we exploit a subtle indeterminacy in the definition of the spherical Kervaire-Milnor invariant which was discovered by R. Stong to construct non-spin 4-manifolds with even intersection form and prescribed signature.

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@article{arxiv.math/0201163,
  title  = {Immersed projective planes, Arf invariants and even 4-manifolds},
  author = {Christian Bohr},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0201163},
  year   = {2007}
}