Surfaces in 4-Manifolds
classification
dg-ga
math.DG
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embeddingsmoothcalledchangegenusintroduceleavingmanifold
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In this paper we introduce a technique, called rim surgery, which can change a smooth embedding of an orientable surface of positive genus and nonnegative self-intersection in a smooth 4-manifold while leaving the topological embedding unchanged.
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