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On negative spheres in elliptic surfaces

Geometric Topology 2021-09-01 v1

Abstract

Using elliptic fibrations with specific singular fibers, we find spheres with very negative self-intersections in elliptic surfaces and in their blow-ups.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2108.13632,
  title  = {On negative spheres in elliptic surfaces},
  author = {András I. Stipsicz and Zoltán Szabó},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.13632},
  year   = {2021}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure

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