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On the mu-bar invariant of rational surface singularities

Geometric Topology 2008-05-21 v2

Abstract

We show that for rational surface singularities with odd determinant the mu-bar invariant defined by W. Neumann is an obstruction for the link of the singularity to bound a rational homology 4-ball. We identify the mu-bar invariant with the corresponding correction term in Heegaard Floer theory.

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@article{arxiv.0711.1850,
  title  = {On the mu-bar invariant of rational surface singularities},
  author = {Andras I. Stipsicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.1850},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

12 pages, minor mistakes corrected

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