Definite four-manifolds with exotic smooth structures

András I. Stipsicz, Zoltán Szabó

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Abstract

In this paper, we study smooth structures on closed, oriented four-manifolds with fundamental group Z/2Z and definite intersection form. We construct infinitely many irreducible, oriented, closed, definite, smooth four-manifolds with π1 = Z/2Z and b2 = 1, and b2 = 2. As an application, we prove that, when the second Betti number b2 of a definite four-manifold with π1 = Z/2Z is positive and it admits a smooth structure, then it admits infinitely many smooth structures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)267-290
Number of pages24
JournalJournal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik
Volume2024
Issue number817
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2024

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

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