Stein fillings of homology $3$-spheres and mapping class groups
Symplectic Geometry
2014-07-22 v1 Geometric Topology
Abstract
In this article, using combinatorial techniques of mapping class groups, we show that a Stein fillable integral homology -sphere supported by an open book decomposition with page a -holed sphere admits a unique Stein filling up to diffeomorphism. Furthermore, according to a property of deforming symplectic fillings of a rational homology -spheres into strongly symplectic fillings, we also show that a symplectically fillable integral homology -sphere supported by an open book decomposition with page a -holed sphere admits a unique symplectic filling up to diffeomorphism and blow-up.
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@article{arxiv.1407.5257,
title = {Stein fillings of homology $3$-spheres and mapping class groups},
author = {Takahiro Oba},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.5257},
year = {2014}
}
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11 pages, 3 figures