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On Stein rational balls smoothly but not symplectically embedded in CP^2

Geometric Topology 2021-10-04 v2

Abstract

We extend recent work of Brendan Owens by constructing a doubly infinite family of Stein rational homology balls which can be smoothly but not symplectically embedded in CP^2.

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@article{arxiv.2010.01613,
  title  = {On Stein rational balls smoothly but not symplectically embedded in CP^2},
  author = {Paolo Lisca and Andrea Parma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.01613},
  year   = {2021}
}

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9 pages, 2 figures, small changes. To appear in the Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society