On Welschinger invariants of symplectic 4-manifolds (Q906566)

Summary: We prove the vanishing of many Welschinger invariants of real symplectic 4-manifolds. In some particular instances, we also determine their sign and show that they are divisible by a large power of 2. Those results are a consequence of several relations among Welschinger invariants obtained by a real version of symplectic sum formula. In particular, this note contains proofs of results announced in [the authors, Rend. Semin. Mat. Univ. Padova 130, 147--153 (2013; Zbl 1292.14034)].