pith. sign in

arxiv: 0807.3815 · v2 · submitted 2008-07-24 · 🧮 math.GT · math.SG

Small exotic Stein manifolds

classification 🧮 math.GT math.SG
keywords steinexoticbetticompactconnectedconstructcontactcorks
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

It is known that the only Stein filling of the standard contact structure on S^3 is B^4. In this paper, we construct simply connected exotic compact Stein 4-manifold pairs for any Betti number $b_2 \geq 1$; we do this by enlarging corks and plugs.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.