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Mazur manifolds and symplectic structures

Geometric Topology 2026-05-15 v1 Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We use the Heegaard Floer homology cobordism maps to obstruct the existence of a symplectic structure on the Akbulut-Kirby Mazur manifolds whose boundary is a Brieskorn sphere YY among Σ(2,3,13),\Sigma(2,3,13), Σ(2,5,7)\Sigma(2,5,7) and Σ(3,4,5)\Sigma(3,4,5). Furthermore, we describe how our results imply the existence of exotic pairs of simply connected 4-manifolds, with definite intersection form, whose boundary is YY.

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@article{arxiv.2605.15095,
  title  = {Mazur manifolds and symplectic structures},
  author = {Alberto Cavallo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.15095},
  year   = {2026}
}
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