Journals / Turkish Journal of Mathematics / 2002 / Cilt: 26 - Sayı: 1
Braids and symplectic four-manifolds with abelian fundamental group
- Pages
- 93–100
- DOI
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Abstract
We explain how a version of Floer homology can be used as an invariant of symplectic manifolds with b1>0. As a concrete example, we look at four-manifolds produced from braids by a surgery construction. The outcome shows that the invariant is nontrivial; however, it is an open question whether it is stronger than the known ones.
Özet
We explain how a version of Floer homology can be used as an invariant of symplectic manifolds with b1>0. As a concrete example, we look at four-manifolds produced from braids by a surgery construction. The outcome shows that the invariant is nontrivial; however, it is an open question whether it is stronger than the known ones.